6.2 Quake Hits Bali

Bali earthquake: Tourists are evacuated from their hotels in Seminyak

By LAUREN FERRI FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

A massive 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the resort region of Bali, with witnesses reporting the 'walls of their houses were shaking'. 

Many were woken up by the strong shaking and rattling shortly after 8am local time on Tuesday morning. 

While it was initially recorded as a 6.2 magnitude, EMSC later downgraded it to a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. 

Tourists were evacuated from their hotels in Seminyak on the southern end of Bali, after the underwater earthquake hit just south of the Indonesian island. 

Hotel guests staying at the Courtyard by Marriott Resort in Seminyak were picture being evacuated to the front of the hotel following the earthquake (pictured) 

The earthquake is estimated to have been 100km below ground, but there is no tsunami warning currently in place.

According to European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC, the epicentre was recorded at 102km southwest of Denpasar. 

An estimated eight million people felt the quake, the EMSC said. 

The Indonesian agency that monitors earthquakes, BMKG, urged locals and tourists to remain calm.

The earthquake is the third to hit the region in the past three days, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Moluccas island and killed tow people.

On Sunday afternoon a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the Indian Ocean just off the coast of Broome in Western Australia.