Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off East Java province and Bali at around 2am on Thursday (Oct 11). Not much damage, however, was reported, the Indonesian government said.

The three victims were residents of Sumenep, East Java, and were asleep when their house nearly collapsed after the shallow quake, 12km underground, Indonesian disaster management agency (BNPB) said in a statement. The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake as having a magnitude of 6.0.

The quake’s epicentre was 55km north-east of East Java. Indonesia's most populous Java island is right next to the main tourist island of Bali, where the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings are being held this week.

"The quake didn't trigger any tsunami for sure," Ms Dwikorita Karnawati, head of Indonesia’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG), told AFP.

"Wow, that was really strong and it lasted a long time," AFP reported, citing a woman named Davy who took refuge in the carpark of a Bali hotel, several kilometres from the IMF-World Bank meetings' venue.

AFP reported that some guests at hotels in Nusa Dua, south of Bali's main international airport, briefly fled outside after the strong tremor shook the building.

Most affected areas, however, were in Sumenep, East Java, which were exposed to higher tremors felt from the quake – and residents felt the tremors for between two seconds and five seconds – due to its closer proximity to the epicentre. Bali received less tremors.

3 orang meninggal dunia, 4 orang luka dan beberapa rumah rusak di Kabupaten Semenep akibat gempa M6,3 yang mengguncang wilayah Jawa Timur dan Bali. Pusat gempa di 61 km timur laut Situbondo pada kedalaman 10 km. Tidak berpotensi tsunami. pic.twitter.com/xAQ6wij6tC — Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_PN) October 10, 2018

About 25 minutes ago yet another earthquake in Indonesia -- 6.0 magnitude 193 km E of #Surabaya (#Indonesia). But was strong enough to wake up everyone in our hotel in Bali. pic.twitter.com/DSij0RNp3p — Ahmed Shihab-Eldin (@ASE) October 10, 2018

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making it vulnerable to earthquakes as well as volcanic eruptions.

"Based on our analysis of the earthquake map, its corresponding intensity was felt between III and IV Modified Mercalli Intensity scale (MMI), or between light and moderate. Generally, there is not much damage impact from the quake," Dr Sutopo said in the statement.

Last month, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Central Sulawesi killed more than 2,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of houses. This came after earthquakes in Lombok, east of Bali, killed more than 500 in August.

Residents in the affected areas in Central Sulawesi were exposed to intensity VI-VII MMI.

“Intensity IV MMI could cause doors, windows to produce cracking sound. Intensity III would feel like you are near a passing truck,” Ms Dwikorita told Elshinta radio.

“Intensity V could cause most of the items in a house to sway, with some of them falling on the floor. Intensity VI could cause a wall, part of a house to collapse,” she added.

She explained that serious damage to houses would normally occur only at intensities above V MMI, but it is not always so in many cases in Indonesia because of the poor construction quality and design.

Besides a quake’s magnitude, corresponding intensity and how strong the ground the house is built on are key factors affecting the impact in the aftermath, Ms Dwikorita also said in a phone interview with Elshinta radio.

BMKG recorded 13 aftershocks within five hours of the quake, with the magnitude on a declining trend. The latest recorded aftershock was a magnitude 2.5 at 6.50am local time.

“The quake has no tsunami potential. Residents should not panic or rush to higher ground,” Ms Dwikorita added.

The Straits Times understands that Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the situation in Indonesia. No Singaporeans have been affected by the earthquake so far.</s>A magnitude-6 earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing three people in Java and damaging some buildings while causing panic among residents.

The quake, located in the Bali Sea, also shook buildings on the resort island and some residents briefly left their homes in Bali’s capital, Denpasar.

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are being held this week in Bali and attended by more than 19,000 delegates and other guests, including ministers, central bank heads and some leaders.

The three deaths in East Java occurred after buildings collapsed while people were sleeping, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement.

The USGS put the epicentre at 40km (25 miles) northeast of Sumberanyar on Java island.

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Indonesia suffered a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake and tsunami last month on the island of Sulawesi that killed more than 2,000 people.</s>Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude-6.3 earthquake off East Java province and Bali yesterday, rattling some hotels where delegates to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank meetings are staying.

The quake did not trigger any tsunami, said Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). There was also not much damage reported.

The United States Geological Survey recorded the quake at magnitude 6.0.

The three victims were residents of Sumenep regency in East Java. They were crushed in their sleep after the shallow quake struck 12km underground, according to the Indonesian disaster management agency (BNPB).

The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at around 2am local time, was 55km north-east of East Java. Indonesia's most populous Java island is next to the main tourist island of Bali, where the IMF-World Bank annual meetings are being held this week.

The organising committee of the meetings said in a press statement: "There was no significant aftershock and there was no significant impact on infrastructure at Nusa Dua Bali."

BMKG head Dwikorita Karnawati told Agence France-Presse (AFP): "The quake didn't trigger any tsunami for sure."

The news agency reported that some guests at hotels in Nusa Dua, south of Bali's main international airport, briefly fled outside after a strong tremor.

"Wow, that was really strong and it lasted a long time," a woman told AFP.

Most affected areas, however, were in Sumenep, which had more tremors due to its closer proximity to the quake's epicentre.

BMKG recorded 13 aftershocks within five hours of the quake, with the magnitude on a declining trend. An aftershock at 6.50am local time was recorded at magnitude 2.5.

BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement: "Based on our analysis of the earthquake map, the quake's corresponding intensity was felt between III and IV on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale, or between light and moderate. Generally, there is not much damage impact from the quake." MMI measures the effects of a quake.

The Straits Times understands that Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the situation in Indonesia. No Singaporeans have been affected so far.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making it vulnerable to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Last month, a magnitude-7.4 earthquake in Central Sulawesi killed more than 2,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of houses.

This came after earthquakes in Lombok, east of Bali, killed more than 500 in July and August.

The effect of the quake in Central Sulawesi was of intensity VI-VII on the MMI.

BMKG's Professor Dwikorita told Elshinta radio: "Intensity V could cause most of the items in a house to sway, with some of them falling onto the floor. Intensity VI could cause a wall, part of a house, to collapse."

She said serious damage to houses would normally occur only at intensities above V, but it is not always so in many cases in Indonesia because of the poor construction and design of buildings.</s>At least three people were killed as a shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Java and Bali islands Thursday, a government official said.

The victims in East Java's Sumenep district perished after being crushed by collapsed buildings, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

"The earthquake happened early Thursday when they were sleeping and the quake suddenly rocked so they didn't have time to evacuate," he said, adding that damage caused by the tremor was not widespread.

The strong quake was felt in Denpasar on the holiday island of Bali, where panicked people fled from buildings.

"Wow, that was really strong and it lasted a long time," said a woman named Davy who took refuge in the parking lot of a Bali hotel, several kilometres from where the IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meetings this week.

Some guests at the hotel in Nusa Dua, south of Bali's main international airport, briefly fled outside after the strong tremor shook the building.

"The quake was very big. I immediately woke up and took my little kids out of the house," Ni Komang Sudiani told AFP.

"All my neighbours were also running," said the mother of two.

The tremor's epicentre was in the Bali Sea around 40 kilometres (25 miles) off the eastern end of Java island, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The quake was also felt in Surabaya, the capital of East Java province, which is about 200 kilometres from Situbondo, the nearest town to the quake epicentre.

"I felt it for about 10 seconds. People were sleeping but got woken up by it," Tonny Akbar Mahendro told AFP.

No tsunami warning was issued for the earthquake.

"The quake didn't trigger any tsunami for sure," Dwikorita Karnawati, head of Indonesia's geophysics agency, told AFP.

The tremor comes after a 7.5-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi -- around 1,000 kilometres northeast of Situbondo -- last month, killing more than 2,000 people.

A string of earthquakes in Lombok in eastern Indonesia killed more than 550 people over the summer.

Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide and many of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.</s>"The victims were hit by the debris of collapsing buildings when they were sleeping so that they could not escape," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told the Xinhua news agency in a text message.

The agency noted that the Gayam sub-district of the Indonesian East Java province had been affected the most by the quake.

A lot of houses in the area and beyond it had been damaged by the tremors, the outlet added.

On October 10, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said that the magnitude 6.0 quake struck the area close to the island at 18:44 GMT.

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According to the latest reports, nearly 2,000 people were killed and another 2,500 were injured while thousands of others still remain under the rubble as a result of the disaster.</s>NUSA DUA, Indonesia — A magnitude 6 earthquake struck off the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, killing three people in Java and damaging some buildings while causing panic among residents.

The quake, located in the Bali Sea, also shook buildings on the resort island and some residents briefly left their homes in Bali’s capital, Denpasar.

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are being held this week in Bali and attended by more than 19,000 delegates and other guests, including ministers, central bank heads and some leaders.

The three deaths in East Java occurred after buildings collapsed while people were sleeping, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency, said in a statement.

The USGS put the epicenter at 40 km northeast of Sumberanyar on Java island.

Indonesia suffered a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami last month on the island of Sulawesi that killed more than 2,000 people. —Reporting by Ed Davies, Sultan Anshorin and Wilda Asmarini; Editing by Janet Lawrence and Paul Tait</s>At least three people were killed Thursday after a 6.0 earthquake struck just off the coast of a popular tourist island in Indonesia, officials said. The deaths come just weeks after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake and tsunami left more than 2,000 people dead.

Authorities said that the latest earthquake hit early Thursday morning just 100 miles northwest of Bali, at a depth of 6 miles.

Indonesia's disaster agency, BNPB, is asking for tents, water treatment units, generators and transport from other countries as it still recovers from the previous earthquake and tsunami, which struck Sept. 28.

A spokesman with the agency said Wednesday that the death toll from that disaster has risen to 2,045. Thousands more are possibly buried in areas where the force of the quake liquefied the soil and sucked houses into the earth.

Several homes were also lost in Thursday’s earthquake, which affected parts of Bali and East Java.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.</s>JAKARTA: At least three people were killed as a shallow 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's Java and Bali islands on Thursday (Oct 11), a government official said.

The victims in East Java's Sumenep district perished after being crushed by collapsed buildings, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.



"The earthquake happened early Thursday when they were sleeping and the quake suddenly rocked so they didn't have time to evacuate," he said, adding that damage caused by the tremor was not widespread.



"The quake didn't trigger any tsunami for sure," Dwikorita Karnawati, head of Indonesia's geophysics agency, told AFP.

The quake's epicentre was in the Bali Sea around 40km off the eastern end of Java island, according to the USGS, and was felt in Denpasar on the holiday island of Bali.



The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10km, according to USGS data. Shallow quakes tend to cause more damage.

Meanwhile, a 7.0-magnitude quake struck off Papua New Guinea less than two hours later, with authorities cancelling a tsunami warning that was in place for a few hours.

"Wow, that was really strong and it lasted a long time," said a woman named Davy who took refuge in the parking lot of a Bali hotel, several kilometres from where the IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meetings this week.

Organisers said in a statement that the earthquake "has not caused significant damage or any disruption to the meetings". 



"No additional action is required at this time," they said, adding that they will continue to monitor and provide further updates as necessary.

Some guests at the hotel in Nusa Dua, south of Bali's main international airport, briefly fled outside after the strong tremor shook the building.

"The quake was very big. I immediately woke up and took my little kids out of the house," Ni Komang Sudiani told AFP.

"All my neighbours were also running," said the mother of two.

The quake was also felt in Surabaya, the capital of East Java province, which is about 200km from Situbondo, the nearest town to the quake epicentre.

"I felt it for about 10 seconds. People were sleeping but got woken up by it," Tonny Akbar Mahendro told AFP.

The tremor comes after a 7.5-magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi - around 1,000 km northeast of Situbondo - last month, killing more than 2,000 people.

READ: Indonesia quake death toll nears 2,000 as more bodies are found

More than 82,000 people were displaced in the worst-hit city of Palu, 1,500km northeast of the capital, Jakarta, and 67,000 homes destroyed or damaged.

A string of earthquakes in Lombok in eastern Indonesia killed more than 550 people over the summer.

Indonesia, one of the most disaster-prone nations on earth, straddles the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide and many of the world's volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.</s>An earthquake has collapsed homes on Indonesia's Java island, killing at least three people, and shook the tourist hotspot of Bali, two weeks after a major quake-tsunami disaster in a central region of the archipelago.

Indonesia's disaster agency said the nighttime quake was centred at sea, 34 miles northeast of Situbondo city, and also felt in Lombok.

The US Geological Survey said it had a 6.0 magnitude.

The agency said the worst affected area was in Sumenep district, East Java where three people died in one village and several homes were damaged.

It said "the earthquake was felt quite strongly by people in Sumenep and Situbondo for two to five seconds. People poured out of their houses. In other areas the earthquake was felt to be moderate."

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are holding annual meetings on Bali through to Sunday.

Some tourists and residents on Bali went outdoors as a precaution but then back to sleep when there was no tsunami warning.

The country is still working to recover from the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 2,000 people and left perhaps thousands more buried deeply in mud in some neighbourhoods of Palu city in central Sulawesi.

Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Wednesday the death toll from the double disaster on September 28 has risen to 2,045, with most of the fatalities in the coastal city of Palu.

More than 80,000 people are living in temporary shelters or otherwise displaced, he said.

Possibly 5,000 people were buried in places where the earthquake caused liquefaction, a phenomenon where wet soil weakens and collapses, becoming mud that sucks houses and everything else into the ground in a quicksand-like effect.

Stretches of the coastline were trashed by the tsunami that Nugroho said had waves up to 36ft high.

The official search for bodies will end on Thursday with mass prayers in hard-hit neighbourhoods, but Mr Nugroho said volunteers and family members can continue searching.

Memorials will be constructed in hard-hit neighbourhoods such as Balaroa and Petobo, he said at a news conference in Jakarta.

"People are traumatized. They don't want to go back" to those places, Mr Nugroho said. "They asked to be relocated to another place and a house made for them."

After making a rare appeal for international assistance, Indonesia is now trying to limit foreign involvement in the disaster relief effort.

Mr Nugroho said there is no need for international aid other than the four priorities identified by Indonesia - tents, water treatment units, generators and transport.

The disaster agency has circulated guidelines that say foreign aid workers can be in the field only with Indonesian partners.

Groups that sent foreign personnel to the disaster zone are "advised to retrieve their personnel immediately," according to those guidelines.

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Search for jobs, motors and property, or place an advert or family notice here</s>The latest earthquake to hit the stricken country on the Ring of Fire is located in the Bali Sea, with a depth of 10.4km. It shook buildings for several seconds on nearby Bali with some residents briefly leaving their homes in the island's capital Denpasar. The USGS put the epicentre as 40km (25 miles) northeast of Sumberanyar on nearby Java island. Guests at a hotel in Nusa Dua, south of Bali's main international airport, fled outside after the strong tremor shook the building.

Ni Komang Sudiani told AFP: "The quake was very big. I immediately woke up and took my little kids out of the house. "All my neighbours were also running." Bali is hosting the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank this week, which are being attended by more than 19,000 delegates and other guests, including ministers and some leaders. It is the second earthquake to hit the area in just over 24 hours after a 4.6 magnitude quake struck 122km from East Java on Tuesday. Indonesia suffered a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami last month on the island of Sulawesi, with the death toll currently standing at more than 2,000 people. More than 67,000 homes were desroyed or damaged in the worst-hit city of Palu, 1,500km northeast of the capital Jakarta, displacing 82,000 people.

The country is a particular hotspot for earthquakes as it is located on the Ring of Fire, a 40,000km area in the Pacific Ocean. This is where many of the world’s natural disasters occur due to it sitting on top of continuously sliding tectonic plates. Java, which lies between Sumatra and Bali and is the 13th largest island in the world at nearly 140,000km², has a population of 145 million and is home to more than half (56.7 percent) of the country’s residents. But is is famed for being dotted with volcanos, with 38 mountains forming an east-west spine that at one time or another have been active volcanoes. The highest volcano in Java is Mount Semeru at 3,676 metres (12,060ft) high, while the most active volcano on the island is Mount Merapi.
Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off East Java, Indonesia.