Powerful 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes in Bali, Indonesia

Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency confirmed the 6.2 magnitude earthquake was also felt in the neighbouring province of East Nusa Tenggara as well as Bali.

A 6.2 earthquake has hit eastern Indonesia, with tremors felt on the popular tourist island of Bali. The US Geological Survey reported the quake hit about 6:30am local time in the Sumbawa region, but there was no tsunami alert and no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake’s epicentre was about 33 kilometres south of the village of Tolotangga, which is 1350 kilometres east of the nation’s capital, Jakarta. The earthquake was about 72 kilometres deep.

The earthquake caused many residents in the areas hit to pour out from their houses.

On December 7, Aceh province was hit by a magnitude 6.5 quake that killed more than 100 people.

The world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia is prone to earthquakes due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

A 2004 quake and tsunami killed a total of 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Aceh.