Muswellbrook earthquake near proposed nuclear power plant site

A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Australian town of Muswellbrook on Friday afternoon, just a few kilometres from where the coalition government has pledged to build a nuclear power plant, damaging some buildings in the town and sending tremors as far away as Sydney.

State emergency services were called to assist some people whose homes and businesses were damaged in Muswellbrook, but there were no reports of serious injuries.

Geoscience map of Australia showing the location of people who reported feeling tremors from the Muswellbrook earthquake.

Local residents said some buildings in the Muswellbrook CBD had windows broken, chimneys collapsed and goods fell off shelves. At least two public schools were evacuated and the local power grid was cut until 2.30pm.

“It was alarming, we certainly felt it inside the building. It lasted for about 15 seconds, but it certainly seemed longer,” said Muswellbrook District Council general manager Derek Finnegan.

“We are assessing reports of minor damage to buildings in the community, and some private structures in the CBD.”

Stocks on the floor of a Mitre 10 building in Muswellbrook after the earthquake which struck at 12.01pm on Friday.

Tremors were felt in a large circle around the epicentre in Denman, just south of Muswellbrook, from south of Sydney to Coffs Harbour on the mid-north coast.

Leading seismologist Hadi Ghasemi said about 2,400 people contacted Geoscience Australia to report feeling the quake, which struck at 12.01pm.

“That's a very large number. The earthquake itself was a decent size and at a depth of 10 kilometres it was very shallow, so it's not surprising that it was felt so widely,” he said.

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