Cadoux is a town in the northeastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
It is about 180 kilometres (112 mi) northeast of Perth, within the Shire of Wongan-Ballidu.
[3] Cadoux, and neighbouring Burakin to the north, are considered unusually seismically active for Australia, with minor earthquakes reported on an annual basis.
It had a Richter magnitude of 6.1 and was the second most damaging earthquake in the history of Western Australia.
[6] Only one injury was recorded in the entire earthquake−a broken arm sustained by a child from falling masonry.