🇦🇺 Australia 6d ago · Lisa Cox

Orange earthquake: gold miners fled to underground refuge chambers when 4.5-magnitude quake hit central west NSW

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Orange earthquake: gold miners fled to underground refuge chambers when 4.5-magnitude quake hit central west NSW
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Pub near the Cadia goldmine south of Orange ‘leant one way and then came back’ as windows and wine glasses rattledFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 150 workers at the Cadia goldmine in regional New South Wales were evacuated after a nearby 4.5-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday evening, according to an internal company memo.The mine has paused all underground operations pending a safety assessment. Continue rea

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