Magnitude 6.0 earthquake felt in Darwin – with hundreds of residents waking up to the tremors

  • Earthquake centred near East Timor rocks Darwin for the second time in a month 
  • The quake hit around 6.25am AEST, shook many Darwin homes on Wednesday
  • Several quakes have shaken people in Darwin and Perth in recent weeks 

By Peter Vincent For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 20:12 GMT, 1 February 2022 | Updated: 20:37 GMT, 1 February 2022


An earthquake has again rocked residents in Australia’s north on Wednesday morning.

The magnitude 6.0 earthquake was believed to have been centred in the Banda Sea, 321km north-east East Timor, and was felt strongly in Darwin.

People in the Northern Territory capital reported the quake shaking furniture and knocking items off shelves around 6.25am on Wednesday, 

The quake comes just over a month after a magnitude 7.3 quake originated 250km north-east of Dili and 50km east of Indonesia’s Maluku islands in the Banda Sea.

The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the quake happened but eased fears by quickly stating there would be no tsunami warning needed.

‘Shook our Unit, things fell off the shelves. Wife and daughter woke up. Wanted to run down for safety,’ Sarjeet Gill tweeted.

‘I think there was another Darwin earthquake this morning. Either that or someone in my building somehow switched my entire apartment to vibrate mode,’ another woman posted to twitter.

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