A magnitude-4.3 earthquake close to Derby shook the Kimberley town on Monday evening with reports of homes shaking followed by a 'noise like thunder'.
abc.net.au/news/wheatbelt-kimberley-tremor-unrelated-indonesia-earthquake/101683254Geoscience experts say tremors in regional Western Australia have not been caused by the violent earthquake that killed more than 160 people in Indonesia.A Wheatbelt farmer says tremors in Mukinbudin have also been stronger and more frequent than usualA magnitude-4.3 earthquake close to Derby shook the Kimberley town on Monday evening, with 35 people telling Geoscience Australia they felt the tremor.
"I was just in the kitchen doing lunches and the house just started shaking … and it moved stuff around on tables and benches," she said. Mrs Palm reported hearing a "noise like thunder" after the earthquake, which Geoscience Australia seismologist Trevor Allen said was common with smaller tremors."The ground shaking, or the energy that's released when the rocks break underground, that's actually transferred into sound waves when it reaches the surface," he said.The tremors come as thein Indonesia's West Java province on Monday surpassed 160 people.
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