7.6 earthquake destroyed buildings in Indonesia, felt in Australia

This graphic image taken by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and released on January 10, 2023 shows a house destroyed after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the ocean depths off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar Islands in Maluku. | Image source: AFP

A powerful deep-sea earthquake destroyed village buildings in a sparsely populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early on Tuesday, and the tremor was widely felt across northern Australia.

Two school buildings and 15 homes were damaged on the Tanimbar Islands, with one of these homes severely damaged and three moderately damaged. Only one resident has been reported infected.

Local residents felt strong tremors for three to five seconds. “There was panic when the earthquake shook, so residents left their homes,” Abdul Mahari, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, said in a statement, quoting the local agency.

The epicenter of the 7.6-magnitude earthquake was in the Banda Sea, nearest the Tanimbar Islands in Maluku Province with a population of about 1,27,000, according to 2021 data. The tremors were felt in several areas, including Papua and East Nusa Tenggara provinces, And also in northern Australia.

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency issued a tsunami warning which was lifted three hours later.

“Based on four tide gauge observations around the epicenter, no significant anomalies or changes in sea level were shown,” said agency chief Dwikorita Karnawati.

The US Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 105 kilometers (65 miles), near the northern tip of Australia. Deeper earthquakes tend to cause less surface damage than shallow shaking but are felt more widely.

More than 1,000 people in northern Australia, including the city of Darwin, reported to Geoscience Australia that they felt the earthquake. The Australian Joint Tsunami Warning Center said the quake did not pose a threat of a tsunami on the mainland or any islands or territories.

Australian singer Vasey wrote on Twitter that it was the longest earthquake she had ever felt.

“We ran out of the house in the middle of the night, I’ve never had an earthquake this long and I felt so powerful. It was kind of scary,” Vasey wrote. “He woke us up in the middle of the night.”

Indonesia is frequently shaken by earthquakes and sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

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