A magnitude 4.3 earthquake caused a gold mine to be evacuated overnight in central western New South Wales.
A precautionary evacuation was carried out at the Cadia East Gold mine after the earthquake struck about 20 kilometres south-west of Orange at 2:30am.
Staff remained in refuge chambers or safe areas before moving to the surface about 9:30am.
Mine accesses were inspected by geotechnical engineers to ensure they were safe before staff were transferred.
There were no injuries and all staff were accounted for, police said. Production at the mine has been suspended.
Orange resident Andrew Vogler said it was a surreal experience.
“It felt as if someone was shaking the front door to get in and the windows and the whole house started to rattle,” he said.
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