00:00Thousands of people have felt a late-night earthquake that rattled a large stretch of
00:04New South Wales, from the central west to the south coast. A 4.5-magnitude quake struck near
00:10Orange and the Cardia gold mine about 8.19pm Tuesday 14th April, with tremors reported as
00:17far away as Batemans Bay. Geoscience Australia received more than 2,000 reports, with experts
00:23describing the shaking as weak to light, but unusually widespread. Seismologists said quakes
00:28of this size are rare for the region, with only a handful recorded nearby in recent decades.
00:34Aftershocks are expected, but they are likely to be smaller and felt across a more limited area.
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