Earthquake of 5.9 magnitude strikes Darwin

A strong

earthquake

measuring 5.9 on the

Richter scale

occurred in the

Banda Sea

, off the coast of

Darwin

,

Australia

, on Tuesday. The

seismic event

was detected at a depth of 62 km.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, "there was no threat of a tsunami to Australia" following the earthquake. Geoscience Australia received nearly 300 reports from individuals who felt the tremors.
The significant seismic activity in the Banda Sea came shortly after a smaller, magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck the Gippsland region of Victoria on Monday evening at 7:54pm.

The epicenter of this quake was located at Sandy Point, in close proximity to Wilsons Promontory, approximately 190km south-east of Melbourne.