Three people were killed on October 16 when an earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island Bali, the disaster agency said. The 4.8 magnitude quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10km northeast of the town of Banjar Wanasari. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage than deep tremors.
JAKARTA, Indonesia Three people were killed Saturday when an earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island Bali, the disaster agency said.
AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The 4.8 magnitude quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) northeast of the town of Banjar Wanasari
JAKARTA, Oct 16 ― An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Indonesia's Bali island this morning, killing at least three people, Indonesia's search and rescue agency said. The quake affected the Karangasem and Bangli districts on the eastern side of the tourist island and a search has been concluded,.
Three people were killed Saturday when an earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island Bali, the disaster agency said. The 4.8 magnitude quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) northeast of the town of Banjar Wanasari. Shallow quakes tend to do more damage than deep tremors. Two people died when the quake triggered a landslide that buried their house in Bangli regency while another person was killed in the port town of Karangasem, officials said. The death toll was not expected to rise, they added.