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Bali earthquake kills three, injures dozens

By Sunday, more than 300 houses and one education center were found to have been heavily damaged in Karangasem and Bangli, as well as at least 100 Balinese Hindu temples.

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Bali earthquake kills three, injures dozens A resident sits near damaged houses at the scene of a landslide triggered by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake in Trunyan village, Bangli, Bali, on Saturday. (AFP/Dimas Dhani)

At least three people were killed and dozens were injured in an earthquake that struck Bali on Saturday morning.

The 4.8-magnitude quake was centered in northwest Karangasem at a depth of 10 kilometers, which is relatively shallow, a factor that experts say contributes to the potential damage. The effects were felt in Karangasem, Denpasar and on the neighboring island of Lombok, AFP reported.

"The quake was felt strongly for five seconds," National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Abdul Muhari said, as quoted by AFP. "People were panicking and ran from their houses when the quake hit."

Landslides triggered by the quake buried houses in Trunyan village in Kintamani district, Bangli regency, and killed two people, including an 8-year-old child, Bali Search and Rescue Agency head Gede Darmada said in a statement received by The Jakarta Post on Saturday. A third, a 3-year-old girl, was killed by falling debris in the neighboring Karangasem regency.

Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency head Made Rentin said in a press release that the rescue team had evacuated people across Lake Batur on boats, as the road to the stricken Trunyan village, located on the eastern shore of the lake, had been cut off by landslides.

The team saved four people who were buried under the rubble. They were rushed to the nearest community health center (Puskesmas).

In the neighboring Karangasem regency, the rescue team was, as of Saturday, still trying to evacuate one victim buried under debris. The team took eight people who had suffered minor injuries and five with serious injuries to the nearest Puskesmas and the Karangasem Regional Hospital.

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