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Moderate Indonesia quake unleashes landslides, kills 3 in Bali

by ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENPASAR, Indonesia Oct 16, 2021 - 10:43 am GMT+3
A woman walks past houses by Lake Batur that were damaged by an earthquake-triggered landslide in Bangli, on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Oct. 16, 2021. (AP Photo)
A woman walks past houses by Lake Batur that were damaged by an earthquake-triggered landslide in Bangli, on the island of Bali, Indonesia, Oct. 16, 2021. (AP Photo)
by ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct 16, 2021 10:43 am
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A moderate but shallow earthquake of magnitude 4.8 and subsequent landslides killed at least three people in the Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday.

The quake hit just before dawn, causing people to run outdoors in a panic. It struck just after the island had begun to reopen to tourism as the pandemic wanes.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the magnitude 4.8 quake was centered 62 kilometers (38.5 miles) northeast of Singaraja, a Bali port town. Its shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) may have amplified the amount of damage. A magnitude 4.3 aftershock followed. That quake was relatively deep, at 282 kilometers (174 miles).

Photos from the island showed homes buried in rocks and mud and buildings collapsed, walls splintered on the ground. Gede Darmada, head of the island’s Search and Rescue Agency, said the agency was still collecting updates on damage and casualties.

Apart from the three confirmed dead, at least seven people were reported hurt, with head injuries or broken bones.

A member of Indonesian military walks through a landslide area after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck northeast of Bali, in Kintamani, Bali, Indonesia, Oct. 16, 2021. (Antara Foto/Fikri Yusuf/via Reuters)
A resident sits near houses at the scene of a landslide triggered by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake at Trunyan village in Bangli, Indonesia

The earthquake triggered landslides in a hilly district, killing at least two people and cutting off access to at least three villages, Darmada said. It toppled homes and temples in Karangasem, the area closest to the epicenter, killing a 3-year-old girl who was hit by falling debris, he said.

"Nearly 60% of the houses in our village were damaged and can no longer be lived in," said I Nengah Kertawa, head of Bunga village in Karangasem, one of the worst-hit communities.

Houses and government facilities also were damaged in Trunyan and in Kintamani, a popular sightseeing destination with a stunning lake.

Known as the "island of the gods,” Bali is home to more than 4 million mostly Hindu people in the mainly Muslim nation. It is famed for its temples, scenic volcanos and beautiful white-sand beaches.

On Thursday, the island reopened to international travelers for the first time in more than a year after Indonesia’s COVID-19 caseload declined considerably. The country has had around 1,000 cases a day in the past week after peaking at around 56,000 daily new cases in July.

Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 270 million people, is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its location on the "Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines that stretches through the Pacific.

The last major earthquake was in January when a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 105 people and injured nearly 6,500. More than 92,000 people were displaced after it struck Mamuju and Majene districts in West Sulawesi province.

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