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Witness location : Dili (Timor-Leste) (506 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Too strong

Witness location : Dili (Timor-Leste) (506 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt in Dili

Witness location : Dili (Timor-Leste) (506 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Felt a light shaking during a few seconds.

Witness location : Dili (Timor-Leste) (506 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

It was quite strong.

Witness location : Dili (Timor-Leste) (507 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Approximately 15+ seconds of rolling type motion. Tables and items shook. Bottled liquids clearly shaking.

Witness location : (Australia) (620 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Big enough to wake me up and loud enough to hear the ground rumbling.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (620 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Darwin. Loud rumble from the direction of ocean. Few seconds later strong shaking that lasted around one minute. The rumble continued all the while.

Witness location : (Australia) (621 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Felt everything shaking for a minute or 2.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (621 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Felt in Darwin. Shook for ages

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (622 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Bed was shaking and house was creaking. Could hear it rumble.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (622 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

The  6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Banda Sea in Indonesia was felt in Darwin at 11.25pm tonight 6/5/20. There was a noise and  my house which is two storeys shook  strongly,  things rattled and moved. It lasted a good couple of minutes.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (622 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

House shook for ages woken by sound of some interior decorative glass breaking - was loose in frame - shattered. Long enough to wake us from deep sleep prior to hearing the glassbreak.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (623 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Darwin Northern Territory, australia - about a minute

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (629 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Heard a low rumbling, my bed was slightly shaking, I felt suddenly a tad nauseous and the stairs were making noises for about 2mins like they do when someone climbs them aggressively.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Very lengthy vibration!! Going on for a while

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Bed and door frames were shaking. Glass doors rattled. Second floor unit.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Heard the ground shake.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Loud rumbling woke us up, followed by small shaking..the whole thing went for about a minute.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Loud rumbling woke us up, followed by small shaking..the whole thing went for about a minute.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Was wiken up by the house shaking

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Was woken up by the house shaking

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (630 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 731 min

We were asleep and I felt as though Emmy husband was shaking and moving in bed and then realised it was a tremor and there was a very loud rumbling noise, don’t know how long it lasted .

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (631 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

In bed and shaking went for approximately 20 seconds

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (631 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

First time feeling earthquake I am in a hotel 13 floors up, I was asleep and it woke me up thought my room was possessed for a moment the realised when I called reception that it was a earthquake

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (631 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Bed shaking enough to wake us up... double glass sliding doors shaking and water in 600 ml bottles wobbling.. about 1cm high about flat level water.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (637 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Dogs barked, birds flew away from the trees. Rumbled for about 40 seconds.

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (637 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

My seat started to shake and house shook a little for about 15 seconds. No damage. Palmerston NT - Australia

Witness location : Darwin (Australia) (637 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt in Palmerston NT in Australia. Heard the rumbling then felt it while lying on the bed. Wasn't as noticible once standing up on the ground.

Witness location : Palmerston (Australia) (638 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Low rumbling, some oscillation of corrugated roof, slight rattling of cupboard doors but not of the contents within.

Witness location : Palmerston (Australia) (639 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Shaking our bed, glasses in kitchen hitting each other. 5 people in the house felt it. Very strong

Witness location : Bees Creek (Australia) (645 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt this south of Darwin

Witness location : Batchelor (Australia) (699 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1056 min

Heavy glass doors shaking violently 
Liquids in bottles sloshing around
Entire elevated house rocking 
Rumbling noise

Witness location : Daly River (Australia) (769 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

35 seconds consistent shaking

Witness location : (Indonesia) (858 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Bed was shaking gently, wardrobe doors shaking and large mirror shaking gently

Witness location : Katherine (Australia) (883 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1290 min

Not really. I was sitting on my lounge and it started shaking gently, or rolling from side to side. My drink on the table had waves in it. It lasted for about a minute.

Witness location : (Australia) (884 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Shake of entire house, Dog Spooked

Witness location : (Australia) (884 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Decent Shake of entire house, Dog Spooked and Birds Movement

Witness location : Kununurra (Australia) (996 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Slight rocking. Could see furniture moving

Witness location : Opol (Philippines) (1798 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Very weak in philipines