Source : Perth Now news
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 AEST on Tuesday at a depth of 5km about 30km southwest of Orange in central-west NSW.
Geoscience Australia received more than 2000 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.
Dr Phil Cummins said 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.
Dr Cummins expected aftershocks but they would likely be much lighter and felt in a smaller area.
