Darwin rocked by earthquake
Pastor Dale Morgan
Darwin rocked by earthquake*
June 07, 2007 11:11am
Article from: AAP
AUSTRALIA - DARWIN was rocked by an earthquake centred in the Banda Sea
last night.
The earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Indonesian
waters about 630km north of Darwin shortly after 9.30pm (AEST) yesterday.
There were reports of shaking buildings in Darwin, but no damage has
been reported.
Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Dr Phil Cummins said it was
unusual for the Australian coast to feel the effects of an earthquake
more than 600km away.
"Normally an earthquake of that size you would expect people to just
feel it 400-450km from the epicentre - Darwin is actually 640km from the
epicentre," he said.
"From what I understand, people in Darwin were really were shaken up by
it."