Earthquake

  Ground Shaken in the Hunter: Remembering the 1994 Ellalong Earthquake Amid Saturday Night's Tremor According to Geoscience Australia, a 2.5 magnitude earthquake hit Ellalong, just south of Cessnock on Saturday night. While the Saturday's event was only noticed by barking dogs, it drew memories back to a far more dramatic event three decades earlier. On the night of 6 August 1994, the Cessnock region, particularly the villages of Paxton […]

EDITED: Another 4.5 Magnitude Occurred 3 hours after publishing this article. NEW INFO: Early this morning morning, yet another earthquake struck the Hunter region, three hours after we originally published this article, adding to the ongoing series. This 4.5-magnitude quake, which occurred near Muswellbrook at a depth of about 5 km, knocked out power to over 2,500 homes. By 8 a.m., Ausgrid had restored power to approximately 1,000 customers, but […]

Day 5: Tuesday 27th August 2024 On Tuesday 27/8/2024 there was an aftershock measuring 2.8 More siesmic sensors are being installed in the Hunter Valley to determine the cause and a more accurate location of each quake.   Latest Earthquake List Created by Karen Adnum     Day 4: Monday 26th August 2024 On Monday evening at 9:15pm there was an aftershock with a magnitude of 2.9. The epicentre is […]