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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Simon McCarthy

Latest Muswellbrook earthquake connected to a 'swarm' of shakes in the Upper Hunter

An aerial view of Mt Arthur coal mine in August 2012. The mine was the reported epicentre of a series of earthquakes that have shaken the Hunter region and the state in recent weeks.

Residents were woken early Saturday morning to shaking homes and falling bricks as another earthquake rattled the Upper Hunter about 6am.

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake appeared to have emanated from beneath the Mt Arthur coal mine at Edderton just outside Muswellbrook - the same epicentre as a series of quakes over the past few weeks.

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