Times of India , Saturday, December 08, 2007

Correspondent : Kuldeep Chauhan

JAKARTA: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Bali island in Indonesia on Friday, officials said, and it was strongly felt at the UN climate conference in the resort island. The earthquake, which hit at 1605 IST, struck 261 kilometres southwest of the Bali resort of Nusa Dua, where delegates are meeting to craft a strategy to combat climate change, Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said in a statement. There was no threat of a tsunami, and the quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres, the agency said. The Indonesian archipelago sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet and cause frequent seismic and volcanic activity. Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004, which killed some 168,000 people in the country's Aceh province.

SOURCE : Times of India, Saturday, 08 December 2007