Darwin earthquake

2022 - 5 - 27

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Major city rocked by earthquake (NEWS.com.au)

An Australian capital city has been rocked by an earthquake that lasted for a half minute and caused buildings to shake. Hamish Spence. less than 2 min read.

“The house here in Darwin was rocking! GeoScience Australia reported the earthquake in Timor had a magnitude of 6.2 and a depth of 65km. Darwin has felt the effects of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which caused buildings across the capital city to shake.

Darwin hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake (New Zealand Herald)

The quake originated nearly 140km away in East Timor. The Bureau of Meteorology told concerned locals there was no tsunami threat as a result of the earthquake.

"The house here in Darwin was rocking! "Wow I just felt the earth move here in Darwin! An earthquake just shook our office building here in Casuarina," one posted on Facebook. The Bureau of Meteorology told concerned locals there was no tsunami threat as a result of the earthquake.

Darwin hit with by 6.2 magnitude earthquake (PerthNow)

An Australian capital city has been rocked by an earthquake which lasted for a half minute and caused buildings to shake.

Buildings shaken as 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off East Timor (CNA)

DILI, East Timor: An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday (May 27), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre ...

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Darwin earthquake: Huge 6.4 magnitude quake shakes city, Timor ... (Daily Mail)

The epicentre of the earthquake was in East Timor with tremors felt as far away as the Red Centre in the Northern Territory.

Darwin has been rocked by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake - with locals reporting feeling the ground shake underneath them for 30 seconds Locals took to social media saying they saw buildings shake and felt the ground tremble for half-a-minute Darwin has been rocked by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake - with locals reporting feeling the ground shake underneath them for 30 seconds.

Significant earthquake strikes Timor-Leste as Northern Territory ... (7NEWS.com.au)

The 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Timor-Leste on Friday afternoon, Geoscience Australia reported. The Bureau of Meteorology said there was no tsunami threat to ...

About an hour earlier, a 2.5 magnitude earthquake struck in Tennant Creek at a depth of 5km, in the Northern Territory. Residents in Darwin reported feeling both of the tremors. The 6.2 magnitude tremor hit the eastern tip of Timor-Leste on Friday afternoon at a depth of 65km, Geoscience Australia says.

Timor-Leste hit by 6.4 magnitude earthquake that was felt in Darwin (The Guardian)

Quake struck off to the east of Timor-Leste, with residents in the Northern Territory capital reporting strong shaking.

The Bureau of Meteorology advised there was no tsunami threat to Australia. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, but witnesses said the quake was felt strongly. “Our staff ran out of the building because it was shaking.”