Bali: Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rocks Indonesian holiday island

The Ubud district on the holiday island of Bali was hit by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake at 9:52 a.m. local time, while the Australian east coast was hit at 11:52 a.m.

The earthquake, which struck 10 kilometers northeast of Ubud, was estimated by the United States Geological Survey to have had a magnitude of 4.8 at a depth of 35 kilometers.

However, according to local reports and a Thai earthquake monitoring group, it was 5.1.

Last year, about 1.2 million Australians visited Bali, which is part of Indonesia, making them the largest number of tourists.

In May last year, residents and travelers in Bali were woken up by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake.

“I woke up and my bed was shaking,” one traveler wrote at the time, while another said it “scared the hell out of me.”

Others said they heard nothing and slept through it.

The earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean, 97 km southwest of South Lombok.

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