One dead in Bali quake

At least one person died when an earthquake struck the Indonesian holiday isle of Bali today.

It was felt across a large swathe of the densely populated island in the late afternoon, witnesses said.

Local radio reported that a wall collapsed close to the island’s capital, Denpasar, killing one person and injuring two.

The strength and exact location of the quake were not immediately known.

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelago nation, is prone to earthquakes because of its location on an arc of volcanos and oceanic trenches encircling the Pacific Basin.