7.3 Earthquake between Indonesia/Australia

Not sure if this has been posted but I just came across it on the local news.. They are saying the epicentre was roughly 600km from Darwin, no Tsunami warning has been issued in the Northern Territory but I'm not sure about Indonesia or any other surrounding countries/Islands..

7.3 Earthquake - Link here

quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

for further reference

The epicenter was 142 miles northwest of Saumlaki, Indonesia, and 210 miles southwest of Tual, Indonesia. 98 miles deep. Experts say that hundreds of dolphins were shaken up by the quake. Mother Earth just pooted.

Large earthquake, but it is rather deep.

Isn't this the second 7+ mag earthquake in the last week or two?

Edit: Yeah the last was a 7.3 off of Honshu, Japan only 3 days ago. 07Dec2012 7.3mag


2nd Edit: USGS has downgraded today's quake to a 7.1 10Dec2012 7.1mag

reply to post by iamhobo


Its the first one I've heard of over here but I haven't really been keeping an eye on them either. Being Indonesia though, its highly likely that another may of occured at some stage last week.

Why are earthquakes lately 7.3? That seems pretty common, they had one in Japan like that.

reply to post by jessieg


You can see the antipodes here, for every place on earth, think that was your question before u edited it.
en.wikipedia.org...:Antipodes_LAEA.png

Yeah that was no where near an antipode. I should be ashamed at my knowledge of geography. But we should watch the antipodes just to see if any activity occurs there.

reply to post by iamhobo


GFZ Potsdam got it at 7.2

perhaps there will be more 7+

reply to post by jessieg


That was the first thing came to my mind.
Nevermind , just sit in the corner and be ashamed.

its been downgraded to a 7.1 folks move along nothing to get your panties up in a bunch over..

reply to post by alysha.angel


Nah, still would of been cool to be in Darwin and feeling the tremors

I wonder why a lot of these strong quakes seem to happen around the same time of day?