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A large meteorite has been spotted flying through the sky in southern Queensland, baffling locals.
Residents reported an unusual bright flash in the sky and houses shaking from the Sunshine Coast down to the Gold Coast at about 6pm on Sunday.
Social media was abuzz after reports of a 'big bang' noise and house-shaking thud in Killarney.
The falling bright object was spotted from Bundaberg out west and even in northern NSW, Seven News reported.
The large meteorite gave a starlight glow by travelling towards the Great Dividing Range incredibly fast.
Motorists also claimed they saw the object from the Bruce Highway near Caboolture, The Courier-Mail reported.
Killarney resident Krissy Bloomfield said: 'On Brosnan Rd kids saw what we thought shooting star just before the bang.'
Louise Reed from the Queen Mary Falls Caravan Park posted: 'We heard it up here too. It looked like a shooting star right before it and then bang.'
Madeline Wilkins posted: 'I'm in Toowoomba and saw a burning light in the sky maybe a meteorite, heading that direction just before I saw this post ... Maybe related?'