The epicentre was near Muswellbrook in the Upper Hunter and sparked school evacuations and power outages.
The epicentre was near Muswellbrook but tremors were felt by residents in places as far away as Coffs Harbour, Sydney and Canberra.Some residents have lost power and emergency services are dealing with minor infrastructure damage.A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has rattled New South Wales, cracking windows, causing power outages and forcing some schools to evacuate.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Hadi Ghasemi said most reports were centred in the Hunter Valley. "There had been a number of reports of damage in the Muswellbrook area — broken windows, and a chimney damaged in the Maitland area," he said.
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