DestinationsDisaster agency rules out threat of tsunami.

Bali quake give sleepy visitors a rude awakening

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Officials measured the scale of the Bali earthquake at 5.8-magnitude.
Officials measured the scale of the Bali earthquake at 5.8-magnitude. Photo Credit: normaals/GettyImages
A 5.8-magnitude offshore earthquake has rocked the Indonesian island of Bali, causing minor damage to some structures around the Nusa Dua tourist enclave.

Hotel guests were evacuated from their rooms after the quake struck just after eight in the morning local time.

The earthquake could be felt across Bali, on Lombok Island and in parts of East Java, and follows weekend tremors in Broome, in the north-west of Western Australia.

"There is no threat of a tsunami," said Bali Disaster Mitigation Agency head, Made Rentin.

The earthquake caused damage to the top of a Balinese entrance gate to the Nusa Dua complex.

Flights at Ngurah Rai International Airport have not been affected.

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