DARWIN was rocked by an earthquake centred in the Banda Sea last night. The earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred in Indonesian waters about 630km north of Darwin shortly after 9.30pm (AEST) yesterday. There were reports of shaking buildings in Darwin, but no damage has been reported. Geoscience Australia senior seismologist Dr Phil Cummins said it was unusual for the Australian coast to feel the effects of an earthquake more than 600km away. "Normally an earthquake of that size you would expect people to just feel it 400-450km from the epicentre - Darwin is actually 640km from the epicentre," he said. "From what I understand, people in Darwin were really were shaken up by it."
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