One little girl had her camera set on the table and was taking video when the earthquake happened.
The 6.0-magnitude quake rocked the main tourist district of Kuta for several minutes, 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 AFP.
Kuta's Sunset Road was hit hard, with hundreds of tourists fleeing from malls, restaurants and supermarkets.
"Hundreds of people ran onto the streets. It was chaos. So many people tried to drive off that the traffic came to a standstill," said Reno Permana, who works for a mobile phone service and ran from the third floor of his office building when the quake hit.
"Part of the wall on the Carrefour supermarket near my building came down, and tiles from the roof fell and smashed into the parking lot. A lot of the buildings are badly damaged, with windows smashed in."
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates causes high seismic activity, and is frequently hit by earthquakes.
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A priest looks at rubble at a damaged Hindu temple after an earthquake in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
A Balinese woman walks past a damaged gate at a Hindu temple after an earthquake in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Pieces of the roof of Kasih Ibu hospital in Denpasar sit spread across the road in front of the building after an earthquake hit Indonesian's resort island of Bali on October 13. 2011. A powerful earthquake jolted the Indonesian island of Bali, injuring 17 people and causing panic as hundreds of tourists fled buildings that shook violently in the tremor. AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA
Patients evacuated at the Kasih Ibu hospital.
Injured Indonesian students sit inside Sanglah Hospital after an earthquake in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali on Thursday, causing widespread panic and injuring at least 50 people, many with broken bones and head wounds. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
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ReplyDeleteAll is well... Bless them
ReplyDeleteFeel sorry for them. They must be in sad situation now. No where to go. :(
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