Strong quake causes panic in Bali
Baku, October 13 (AZERTAC). A number of buildings in Kuta have been damaged after a strong earthquake struck off Bali, causing panic in tourist areas as people fled from their homes and hotels.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the magnitude-6.0 quake`s epicentre was in the ocean south of Bali`s capital Denpasar, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries.
The police headquarters in Denpasar, where a 14-year-old Australian boy is being detained, was evacuated following the earthquake, which struck at 11.16am local time on Thursday (1416 AEDT).
Hundreds of people poured out of the police headquarters and surrounding buildings after the quake struck, but the prisoners at the police lock-up remained behind bars.
The Australian boy, who is being held in a separate part of the complex, was allowed out of his cell but was not permitted to leave the building, a police source told AAP.
Strong shaking was felt for several minutes in the main tourist district of Kuta, said Endro Tjahjono from the Bali office of Indonesia`s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.
"There was panic, everyone ran out of the buildings. When we returned to our office building, we saw some cracks on the wall and plaster had come off the walls," he told Agence France-Presse.
The USGS said the quake was measured at 61.3 kilometres deep, and struck some 130 kilometres south-southwest Denpasar, but Indonesia`s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency measured the undersea quake at 6.8-magnitude and put the quake`s depth at just 10 kilometres.
The walls of some temples along the coast crumbled and witnesses told local radio and television stations they saw some houses with collapsed roofs.
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