Tourists fled their hotels in panic on Bali Wednesday after the popular Indonesian holiday island was rattled by an early morning earthquake.
The 5.5-magnitude quake struck inland about 10 kilometres northeast of the Balinese capital, Denpasar, and not far from the concentration of holiday resorts in the south of the island.
There were no reports of casualties and damage after the quake struck just after 7:00 am local time at a depth of 118 kilometres, but some holidaymakers got a shock.
“Dozens of our guests ran out of their rooms when the quake happened,” Nyoman Pasek, a staff member at the Hotel Sayang Maha Mertha in the popular tourist area of Kuta, said.
“Everything is now under control again, back to normal.”
Carla Beharry, a Twitter user on the island, wrote: “Definitely felt the biggest EARTHQUAKE I’ve ever felt this morning in Bali.”