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Update 3: 50 Injured in Bali as Earthquake Strikes
October 13, 2011

An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck off the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Thursday, the US geological survey said. (Image courtesy of USGC) An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude struck off the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Thursday, the US geological survey said. (Image courtesy of USGC)
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blightyboy
4:40pm Oct 14, 2011

Nulmer - I also drove past Carrefour minutes after the quake. That building is definitively very suspect and needs to be urgently investigated. The damage was way out of proportion the the quake.


LaLoca
4:38am Oct 14, 2011

Keeping all of you in my prayers. Wishing nothing but the best for all of you. I'm very sad to hear that sacred Hindu Temples, houses and business' were all damaged. Material things are repairable but not a human life. Stay safe my friends!

bop-head
8:25pm Oct 13, 2011

Indonesia...where people are poor, where climate is hot, and where natural disasters happen constantly. Bali is a very popular, very busy island filled with locals as well as tourists. How scary it must have been, this time it was not a bombing, but something that nobody could do anything about. It is so fortunate that the aftermath was not hugely devastating. Hopefully, Bali can recover quickly and resume its electric, but relaxing, atmosphere.

Nulmer
2:24pm Oct 13, 2011

I was on my motorbike. It shook a bit and everyone was running out of the buildings. I am yet to go by Carrefour and see the damage. A friend of mine was in Carrefour at the time and said the roof shook and almost collapsed and there was a big crack somewhere, he didnt say if it was the ground or the walls.

DrDez
11:16am Oct 13, 2011

update from our niece in Bali - damage to several buildings including Discovery Mall in Kuta - quite a bit of fear as no one knows if there is no tsunami warning or the system is not working

The local radio news are apparently talking about football ...


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A powerful earthquake jolted Indonesia’s popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds.

The US Geological Survey said the 6.0-magnitude quake was centered 100 kilometers southwest of the island. It hit 60 kilometers beneath the ocean floor.

Indonesia’s Metrology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BKMG) said the earthquake had a 6.8 magnitude and was 10 kilometers deep, 143 kilometers southwest of Nusa Dua.

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no current tsunami warning in effect.

Although not strong enough to trigger a tsunami, the quake was felt on neighboring Java and Lombok islands, hundreds of kilometers away.

Candy Juliani, a public relations officer for the Sanur Beach Hotel, said terrified guests fled the building.

“We have special emergency routes for this type of situation, but everyone was so scared, they just ignored them,” Juliani said.

At least 50 people were hurt, many with cuts, broken bones and head wounds, said Wayan Sudanti, a hospital spokesman.

Three were in critical condition.

Strong shaking was felt for several minutes in the main tourist district of Kuta, said Endro Tjahjono from the Bali office of Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

“There was panic, everyone ran out of the buildings. When we returned to our office building, we saw some cracks on the wall and plaster had come off the walls,” he said.

Schools, office buildings and hospitals were evacuated.

A number of buildings suffered minor damage.

Caroline Mercier, a 40-year-old tourist in the island’s cultural centre of Ubud, said she was used to feeling quakes in California, but never like this one. 

“It started at my feet and went all though my heart and head -- it made me nauseous. My first reaction was to get out of the house. I was very confused when the roof started shaking,” she said.

Novotel Bali Benoa, one of the many resorts in the luxury southern beach area of Nusa Dua, evacuated its guests as the hotel shook for a minute.

“The funny thing is that the foreign guests who were sitting in the lobby did not feel the shaking. They started running when hearing people say ‘there’s an earthquake’ while running down the lobby,” hotel worker Ariyanti said.

Endro Tjahjono, head of information at Bali’s meteorology agency, said there was no tsunami potential and no reports of aftershocks.

Cracks appeared in the walls and glass lobby windows of his office in the southern town of Kuta, and some top floor ceilings fell off, he said.

The quake was measured at 61.3 kilometers deep, and struck some 130 kilometers south-southwest of Bali’s capital Denpasar, the US seismologists said.

“I’m still shaking,” said Stuart McDonald, an Australian living in Bali.

“There’s no serious damage but stuff fell off walls,” he said. “It was very loud.”

The BKMG said there was no risk of a tsunami.

AFP, Reuters, JG