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JAKARTA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 4.8
struck Indonesia's Bali island on Saturday morning, killing at
least three people, Indonesia's search and rescue agency said.
The quake affected the Karangasem and Bangli districts on
the eastern side of the tourist island and a search has been
concluded, the agency said in a statement, but authorities were
continuing to monitor situation.
A landslide triggered by the quake killed two of the
victims, the agency said. A third, a three-year old girl, was
killed by falling debris.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the 4.8 magnitude
quake struck off Banjar Wangsian, and put its depth at 10 km
(6.21 miles).
"All affected by the quake have been evacuated while data on
damage is still being collected by Bali's disaster mitigation
agency," search and rescue official Gede Darmada said in the
statement.
Rescue services evacuated people across a lake as the road
to the stricken community had been cut off by a landslide, he
added.
There was no significant damage in other parts of Bali,
while the quake was felt also in the neighbouring island of
Lombok, local media reported.
Bali reopened for international tourists on Thursday after
18 months of pandemic restrictions, but they are only expected
to start arriving later this month.
(Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy, Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Juby
Babu; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)