A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged vi🐻llage buildings in eastern Indonesia early Tuesday, and its substantial shaꦦking was widely felt in northern Australia.
Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Age💞ncy issued a tsunami warning after the magnitude 7.6 temblor that was lifted three hours later.
“Based on ꦯfour tide gauge observations around the center of the earthquake, it did not show any significant ano𓆉maly or change in sea level,” agency head Dwikorita Karnawati said.
Tremors were felt in several regions, includ𝐆ing Papua and East Nus♒a Tenggara provinces.
The National Disaster Mitigation agency received visual reports of damage to houses and community buildings in Watuwey village in Southwe꧑st Maluku.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 🌄quake's epicenter was at a dep🏅th of 105 kilometers (65 miles) not far from Australia's northern tip.
Deeper quakes tend to cause less surface damage than shallo🍌w shaking but are more widely felt.
More📖 than 1,000 people in northern Australia, including in the city of Darwin, reported feeling the quake to the 🦄Geoscience Australia agency. The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre said the quake didn't pose a tsunami threat to the mainland or any islands or territories.
Australian singer Vassy wrote on Twitter it was the longest quake sh🦋e had felt.
“We ran out of the house in the middle of the night I've never experienced ⛎earthquake that lasted that long and felt so strong. It was rather scary,” Vassy wrote. “Woke us up in the ꦆmiddle of the night.”
Indonesia is frequ🌊ently shaken by earthquakes and lies on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquake and volcanic activity occurs
