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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Madeline Link

Coal mine appears to be epicentre of earthquakes, aftershocks

Clockwise from left, a wall was cracked at Jesmond, the Muswellbrook coal mine near the epicentre of the quakes, and Mitre 10 at Muswellbook lost items from shelves. Pictures supplied by Tanya Vanderveen, Geoscience Australia, and Mitre 10

AN EARTHQUAKE has rocked the Hunter Region on Friday afternoon, leaving hundreds of residents shaken and thousands without power.

Reports flooded in of the quake being felt across the region - and as far away as Tamworth, Mudgee and the Central Coast - at about midday on August 23.

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