Two earthquakes hit western New South Wales within 150 minutes, including tremor at Cadia mine
Two small earthquakes have struck western New South Wales within about 150 minutes of each other, with one recorded inside the Newmont Cadia Gold Mine site south of Orange. The stronger of the two measured magnitude 3.4 and was detected about 1 kilometre underground at around 5:45am on Friday. A second quake, measuring magnitude 3.2, was recorded north-west of Wilcannia earlier in the morning.Geoscience Australia said about 100 people reported feeling the Cadia tremor, including residents in Orange, Millthorpe, Blayney and Oberon. Blayney Shire Mayor Bruce Reynolds, who lives about 12 kilometres from the epicentre, said the shaking lasted about... [Continue Reading]
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