Second quake shakes Indonesian islands, damages Bali temple

The magnitude 5.7 quake was centered 82 kilometers to the southwest of Denpasar

AP7_16_2019_000011B Balinese man stands near a damaged temple in Bali, Indonesia | AP

A 6.1 magnitude undersea earthquake was felt in Bali, Lombok and East Java. The tremors caused damage to homes and temples.

According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 5.7 quake was centered 82 kilometers to the southwest of Denpasar on Bali at a depth of 91 kilometers.

As per a witness 54 miles north east from epicentre said their “house was shaking, the garden wall was waving”.

The national disaster agency posted images of a damaged house and a damaged Hindu temple in Bali.


Indonesia, home to more than 260 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location along the Pacific “Ring of Fire.” A powerful Indian Ocean quake and tsunami in 2004 killed a total of 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia.