Residents in Darwin have reported waking to pictures falling off the walls and cars shaking in the driveway after a powerful deep-sea earthquake struck a small archipelago in Indonesia during the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The Bureau of Meteorology said the 7.5 magnitude tremor hit the Tanimbar region, a province in eastern Indonesia about 600 kilometres north of Darwin. 

Olivana Smith-Lathouris, 6PR and Nine News in Darwin told 6PR Breakfast that she personally woke up to a shock with doors and ceiling fans rattling.

"A couple of the residents who have been here for decades say they have gone through this a few times but this was certainly the biggest and the longest one they have ever experienced," Ms Smith-Lathouris said.

Residents in Darwin have reported waking to pictures falling off the walls and cars shaking in the driveway after a powerful deep-sea earthquake struck a small archipelago in Indonesia during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The Bureau of Meteorology said the 7.5 magnitude tremor hit the Tanimbar region, a province in eastern Indonesia about 600 kilometres north of Darwin. 
Olivana Smith-Lathouris, 6PR and Nine News in Darwin told 6PR Breakfast that she personally woke up to a shock with doors and ceiling fans rattling.
"A couple of the residents who have been here for decades say they have gone through this a few times but this was certainly the biggest and the longest one they have ever experienced," Ms Smith-Lathouris said.

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