Tremors have reverberated in Australia’s “Top End” following a 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake near Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands, east of Timor-Leste.
The quake struck early on Jan. 10 with the epicentre located around 90 kilometres or 55.9 miles underwater.
Residents in the capital city of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia reported “violent” shaking of their homes and houses.
“Everything was banging and shaking, the doors were shaking, I thought the house was going to fall apart,” Tracey Wedel told AAP.
“It was literally the strongest [earthquake] I’ve ever felt. Dogs up the street were barking, and it went on for about two and a half minutes.”…