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    Indonesia's Bali rattled by large quake

    BALI, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, sending people fleeing from their homes and hotels in panic. No tsunami alert was issued, and there were no immediate reports of injuries.

    Some roofs collapsed, and witnesses told local radio and television stations they saw cracks in the walls of buildings.

    The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 was centered 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of the island. It struck 36 miles (60 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor.

    "It knocked me off my motorcycle," said one resident, Miftahul Chusna.

    Indonesia straddles a series of fault lines that makes the vast island nation prone to volcanic and seismic activity.

    A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh.

     

    65 comments

    • mgy.  •  7 mths ago
      take care there my friends in Indonesia
    • stephan  •  7 mths ago
      i live and work in a Bali Resort. this earthquake was really scary just now and the whole building rumbled like crazy. Tourists ran out of their rooms in panik, but luckily no injuries, ecept one trainee staff who fell down the stairs due to panicking and running.
      • eddie 7 mths ago
        hope that everyone is safe
      • get er done 7 mths ago
        Rule 1. Don't do anything. Think first. Rule 2. Go back and read rule 1.
      • Youlahthan 7 mths ago
        LOL! so funny. So those who stay put were instead safe and intact.
    • ryan  •  7 mths ago
      More prayers in all people in Indonesia
    • Kiwicowboy  •  7 mths ago
      For those that don't know, earthquakes don't always cause tsunami's. Tsunami's are the result of a large displacement of water. If the quake was the result of a slip fault (2 land masses sliding past each other) and no change in sea floor depth, no tsunami will occur.
    • Jims  •  7 mths ago
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    • karl s  •  7 mths ago
      TSUNAMI!!!!!..not.
    • David  •  7 mths ago
      and just last night i was thinking that hmm with all the big earthquakes we havent had one in awhile
      • Eng 7 mths ago
        ALL THE COMPLAINING S'poreans is already an EARTHQUAKE ?
      • Ninja Indian 7 mths ago
        Nice going, David. So, this is ALL YOUR FAULT! (Get it? Your fault? ha ha)
    • Joy  •  7 mths ago
      There's been three stories with three different magnitudes..
    • Blah  •  7 mths ago
      Earth's tectonic plates are shifting and willing be increasing as we approach the coming pole shifts.
      • Ninja Indian 7 mths ago
        Why do Santa Claus and Captain Scott so intensely dislike each other? Because they're polar opposites.
      • ckngk 7 mths ago
        The earth will tilt very soon.North pole and South pole will be at the equator.
    • Erwin  •  7 mths ago
      be safe people of Bali
    • peedee  •  7 mths ago
      God have mercy on us all things are getting serious everybody
    • JoLo  •  7 mths ago
      To hell with those who blame this on Global Warming or Global Cooling or what's that new buzzword? Ah yes Global Climate Change.
    • Troy  •  7 mths ago
      6.0 is not that strong, dear.
    • Jimmy Russell  •  7 mths ago
      Dont worrie until the next solar slair.That should be during winter snow
    • get er done  •  7 mths ago
      Why would people run into the street in a panic? They live in an earthquake prone area. Like California - think it's just reporters who panic at someone else getting the scoop.
    • Bill Smith  •  7 mths ago
      I wish Bill Clinton and Obama...... Never mind, I better not say it.
    • SisigM  •  7 mths ago
      the Philippines is next
    • Cee Cee  •  7 mths ago
      A 5.9 earthquake also reported off the coast of Oregon.
    • george  •  7 mths ago
      the road to bali
    • ahmed  •  7 mths ago
      Bali is becoming more and more Allah s favourite to give a good shake to after Christchurch , NZ .
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