Indonesia issued a Tsunami warning but lifted it after three hours after a 7.6 earthquake struck off its Tanimbar islands around 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
#Indonesia has just been rocked by a massive 7.6 magnitude #earthquake. pic.twitter.com/6TRzDzcn2v
— tony anstatt (@treacl) January 9, 2023
Videos of shaking houses and residents jolted awake by the strong earthquake have now gone viral on social media.
#Indonesia Imagenes durante el Terremoto M7.9 pic.twitter.com/TgqFCxgMHB
— 🅸🅽🅵🆂🅸🆂🅼🅻🅶🅸🅲 (@EarthquakeChil1) January 9, 2023
Australia’s Darwin, over 600 km from the Banda Sea area in Eastern Indonesia, too felt tremors for about four minutes.
Darwin has been rattled by tremors after a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s coast. 10 News First: Midday speaks to Olympic champion and former federal senator @NovaPeris , who was caught up in the tremors. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/77zeZuttb6
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) January 10, 2023
Seismic stations across Japan also detected the waves from the Indonesia earthquake.
