(10/18/2004)
Following by almost exactly one month a 5.5 Richter Scale earthquake that shook Bali on September 15, another moderate quake of 5.0 on the Richter scale shook Bali residents just after noon on Thursday, October 14, 2004.
No reports of major damage or injury were reported in connection with the quake which rumbled on for 20 seconds and was felt in hotels on the southern part of the island and the Capital.
The epicenter of the earthquake was pinpointed to be located in the ocean 153 kilometers southwest of Denpasar, at a depth of 74 kilometers below sea level.
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