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12 August 2026

Only one man around to feel magnitude-4.7 earthquake in remote Australia

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Only one man around to feel magnitude-4.7 earthquake in remote Australia

A worker at WA's Cocklebiddy Roadhouse is shaken awake by a magnitude-4. 7 earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday.

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