A powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale has been recorded off the coast of Darwin.
The earthquake was recorded on Tuesday in the Banda Sea at a depth of 62 km.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, there is no tsunami in Australia. 246 people have filed reports with Geoscience Australia.
The quake came just hours after a magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck Victoria’s Gippsland region, 190km south-east of Melbourne, at 7.54pm on Monday night.
The epicentre was at Sandy Point, near Wilsons Promontory, and was probably felt in Foster, Inverloch, Buffalo and Leongatha.
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A powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 has been recorded off the coast of Darwin