Part of Australia’s east coast has been shaken by an earthquake that could be felt hundred of kilometres away.
A 4.5-magnitude quake hit at 8.19pm last night at a depth of 5km about 30km southwest of Orange in central-west NSW, near the Cadia gold mine.
A graphic from Geoscience Australia shows where a 4.5 earthquake hit central-west NSW on the evening of 14 April 2026. Composite: Geoscience AustraliaGeoscience Australia received more than 2,000 reports of tremors in the region, which a senior seismologist said were weak to light and felt as far as hundreds of kilometres southeast in Batemans Bay.
Phil Cummins told AAP only five quakes had been recorded within 50km of the quake site since 1977, with the previous one in a 4.3 magnitude in 2017.
“This is a large earthquake for this area,” he said. The ABC reported this morning that it was “record-breaking” for the region.
Cummins expected aftershocks but said they would likely be much lighter and felt in a smaller area.
