An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 has struck south of the Indonesian tourist island of Bali.
The epicentre of Tuesday's quake was 102km southwest of Denpasar and 100km deep, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC said.A Twitter user with the handle Indounik in the city of Ubud on Bali said the quake was "strong enough to make me adopt the drop, cover hold approach recommended to survive a quake".
Another Twitter user, Marc van Voorst, described the quake as feeing like "a heavy truck or train passing by at close range".
He said there was no panic, even though his hotel in the Uluwatu area shook quite a bit.
No tsunami warning was issued from the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Made Rentin, head of the Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), says the agency is working to assess damage caused by the earthquake.
"We are still doing an assessment to collect data of the impact of the earthquake," he said.
"We urge people to stay calm and don't panic."The 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred at 7.18am central Indonesian time, about 83km southwest of Nusa Dua.
Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, sometimes causing tsunamis, because it lies on the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire.Bali Earthquake: Magnitude 6.1 quake rocks tourist island
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