‘Earthquake swarm’ no cause for concern, experts say after magnitude 4.5 quake in NSW Hunter region

Quake near Liddell power station, one of the Coalition's seven proposed nuclear sites, felt in Sydney, Wollongong and Dubbo

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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has hit the Hunter region of New South Wales early Saturday morning, two weeks after an earthquake of a similar size struck the region.

Geoscience Australia told Guardian Australia the earthquake was part of an earthquake swarm" in the region: a series of moderate to large earthquakes with their own aftershock sequences.

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