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Friday, February 16, 2001, updated at 21:56(GMT+8)
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Quake Jolts Bali, Indonesia

An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Bali, Indonesia, on Friday afternoon.

Accordint to Drs. I Putu Pudja, chief of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Denpasar, capital of Bali, the earthquake ccurred at 13:59 local time (05:59 GMT). The quake lasted one minute.

The epicenter of the quake was located at 525 kilometers beneath the Bali Sea, he added.

There were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties.

On February 14, an earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale jolted Bengkulu in the Sumatra island.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation, is prone to frequent seismic upheavals. It is located on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" -- a line of volcanically active areas stretching from the western coast of the Americas across to Japan, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.







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An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Bali, Indonesia, on Friday afternoon. Accordint to Drs. I Putu Pudja, chief of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency in Denpasar, capital of Bali, the earthquake ccurred at 13:59 local time (05:59 GMT). The quake lasted one minute.

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