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A magnitude-7.6 earthquake off Indonesia rocked Darwin. What makes some regions more prone to them?

When a magnitude-7.6 earthquake hit under the Banda Sea in the early hours of Tuesday, people hundreds of kilometres away woke up with a jolt. 

A handful of houses in the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia and two school buildings were damaged, with one person injured.

But in Australia, damage has been minimal, and the Bureau of Meteorology says there was no risk of a tsunami. 

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