Parts of the Northern Territory have been rocked by an overnight earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
The magnitude-7.3 quake struck about 3.55am ACST on Thursday, according to Geoscience Australia.
It hit at a depth of 166 kilometres about 250km northeast of Dili and 50km east of Indonesia's Maluku islands in the Banda Sea.
Tremors were felt in Darwin for several minutes with many locals shaken awake.
"Earthquake just rocked Darwin but all appears okay and no damage," Allan Anderson wrote on Facebook.
"Our building really moved. That was one hell of a way to wake up".
"Darwin Earthquake! Holy Moly, that was a strong one!" Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris said on social media.
"Now that's enough sleep for Darwin. What an earthquake. Long way away but the shaking lasted over 1 minute," Karl Lijnders said.
Indonesia experiences frequent quakes due to its position on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity where tectonic plates collide, which stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
There were no immediate reports of tsunami warnings, nor casualties or damage.
With AFP.
