An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck west of Australia's beach resort of Broome, the United States Geological Survey said on Sunday (July 14), with residents saying the impact shook some buildings and pushed groceries off shelves.
There
were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, which the
agency initially said was of magnitude 6.9, hitting at a depth of 33 km (21
miles), about 203 km (126 miles) offshore from the town in the state of Western
Australia.
Videos posted on social media
showed cars and buildings shaking and groceries being knocked from shelves,
with some residents reporting minor damage to businesses.
"We just had an
earthquake in Broome," one resident of the town said on Twitter. "The
whole house was shaking and it went for ages. Never experienced anything like
it before - quite amazing."
Such an earthquake was
uncommon for the region, Phil Cummins, a seismologist with Geoscience Australia, told
the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"It's quite rare … you
might see this event every 20 years," Cummins said.
Broome is located in the Kimberley region, a site for mining and petroleum
production in Australia's
northwest.
The earthquake was widely
felt in Perth, the capital of Western
Australia, a distance of more than 2,000 km (1,242 miles) away,
data from Geoscience Australia
showed. An aftershock of 4.1 was also recorded.
Source: NDO
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