Quake in Bali
October 13, 2011
The 6.0-magnitude quake rocked the main tourist district of Kuta for several minutes, according to Endro Tjahjono from the Bali office of Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.
The epicentre was 61.3 kilometres deep in the earth's crust, some 130 kilometres south-southwest of Bali's capital Denpasar, according to seismologists from the US Geological Survey. There is, however, no danger of a tsunami, although tremors were felt on the neighbouring Java and Lombok islands.
The Red Cross said 43 people in the south of the island suffered injuries, including head wounds and broken bones, after some ceilings fell. Seventeen were taken to hospital in Denpasar, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho from the disaster mitigation agency.
Indonesia is located on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates causes high seismic activity. The area is notoriously prone to earthquakes. In October 2010 a powerful earthquake triggered a huge tsunami off the coast of Sumatra that killed at least 300 people.
Agencies: Reuters, AFP / mg
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