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6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

19 September 2009 07:37 (UTC +04:00)

The epicentre was 101 kilometres southeast of Nusa Dua, an enclave of resorts located in the southern part of the holiday island.
Residents and visitors ran out of their homes or hotels in panic when the quake struck Indonesiaâ€™s most popular tourist destination.
"There are no indications that the tide in Kuta is rising. So itâ€™s pretty safe here," Kuta district police chief Dody Prawira Negara said.
Health ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya said that eight people suffered fractured bones and a pregnant woman was taken to hospital.
"There are no deaths or major damages, only cracks in several buildings," Pakaya said.
A 5.8-magnitude quake hit Sulawesi island several hours earlier, seismologists said.
The tremor struck at 3:34 am (1834 Friday GMT), at a depth of 103 kilometres, according to a revised report by the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The epicentre was 110 kilometres north-northwest of Ternate in the Moluccas and 260 kilometres east of Manado on Sulawesi.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not release a tsunami warning for either event.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.