The Straits Times quoted an Indonesian government source as saying that at least 3 people were killed and their homes were damaged by the earthquake that occurred at around 2am this morning.
The three victims were residents of Sumenep and East Java. These people were sleeping when their houses collapsed in the earthquake.
A statement from the Indonesian Disaster Management Board (BNPB) said that the center of the earthquake was about 55km northeast of East Java province, at a depth of 12km.
The most populous province of Java is located right next to the Bali tourism paradise, where the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank is taking place this week.
Ms. Dwikorita Karnawati, head of the Indonesian Geophysical, Climate and Meteorological Agency (BMKG), told AFP that the earthquake did not cause a Tsunami.
BMKG recorded 13 aftershocks within 5 hours of the earthquake, with a downward trend in intensity. The latest earthquake of 2.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 6:50 a.m. the same day.
But AFP quoted a woman named Davy as saying, who took shelter in a hotel parking lot in Bali, a few kilometers away from the IMF and WB meeting site: "The earthquake was real strong and lasted for a while."
Many guests staying in hotels in Nusa Dua, south of Bali International Airport, quickly fled after the earthquake rocked the building.
However, most of the affected areas were in Sumenep, East Java due to the vicinity of the earthquake. Bali felt less.
Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring Road, prone to earthquakes and volcanoes.
Just last month, a 7.4 Richter earthquake hit the Sulawesi island, killing more than 2,000 people and leaving 5,000 missing, destroying tens of thousands of homes, and causing a 6-meter-high Tsunami.
In August, the earthquake in Lombok, east of Bali, also claimed more than 500 lives.
