Buildings shaken as magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off East Timor

Could 27 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) stated, prompting some folks within the capital Dili to flee buildings, although a tsunami was dominated out.

There have been no quick studies of harm or casualties, however witnesses stated the quake was felt strongly. A video shared on social media confirmed folks exiting a shopping center in Dili by stairs.

“It is fairly huge,” Francez Suni, director of data of East Timor’s GMN TV instructed Reuters in textual content message.

“Our workers ran out of the constructing as a result of it was shaking.”

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Company (BMKG) stated the quake didn’t set off a tsunami menace warning.

The earthquake was felt by residents within the Australian metropolis of Darwin, greater than 700 km (435 miles) away, in accordance with Australian media studies and residents’ posts on social media.

East Timor and neighbouring Indonesia straddle the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fireplace”, a seismically energetic zone, the place totally different plates on the earth’s crust meet and create numerous earthquakes and volcanoes.

EMSC stated the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) and struck about 29 km east-southeast of Lospalos. The USA Geological Survey (USGS) stated the quake magnitude was 6.1 and 50 km deep.

Reporting by Angie Teo in Jakarta, Ed Davies in Sydney and Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Martin Petty

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