00:00The NSW Upper Hunter has been hit by another sizeable earthquake.
00:06We woke up to the house shuddering, the bed moving.
00:09There was a bang which woke me up and then everything just shook.
00:12Many Musselbrook residents were startled just before 6 o'clock this morning
00:16when a magnitude 4.5 quake rattled the area.
00:20I thought that my brother was trying to wake me up because my windows were shaking.
00:24In the last earthquake I didn't even feel it at all at school
00:27but this time I actually felt the earthquake, it was actually insane.
00:31More than 2,500 homes and businesses were left without power for several hours.
00:37But it wasn't enough to stop the fun at one local festival.
00:41Was anything going to stop you?
00:42No, absolutely not.
00:44Normally they say it's a hail, rain or shine event
00:47so we've just got a tag on there now, earthquake as well.
00:49And it wasn't just Musselbrook feeling the force of the quake.
00:53Well we do know that it was felt in Sydney.
00:55The earthquake was felt as far north as Tamworth, to Wollongong in the south
00:59and as far west as Dubbo.
01:01A worker was treated for minor injuries at Mount Arthur coal mine
01:05which briefly suspended operations.
01:07We've got council staff out assessing things as we speak right now
01:11and they'll continue through to Monday
01:13so we're just keeping an eye on the heritage items
01:16along with the major infrastructure that can be impacted.
01:20There have been dozens of tremors around here since the first quake last month
01:24and experts are warning locals to expect more of the same.
01:27There is perhaps an elevated likelihood that we could see similar sized earthquakes
01:33occurring relative to the normal baseline conditions.
01:36Over the coming weeks and months we will see a gradual decline
01:39in both the rate of the earthquakes occurring
01:42and also hopefully the magnitudes of those earthquakes as well.
01:45There's been so many earthquakes lately it's kind of like it's the norm now.
01:49But hopefully not for much longer.
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