Bali holidaymakers report feeling effects of earthquake in East Java

Australia’s favourite island getaway, Bali, has been shaken by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake.

It struck at a depth of 12km off the coast of nearby East Java about 7pm AEST time, sending people scrambling from their homes.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Bali holidaymakers feel impact of Indonesian earthquake.

As yet there have been no reports of serious damage.

The advice from Indonesia’s meteorology and geophysics agency BMKG is to be alert for possible aftershocks.

One tourist said he was woken by the earthquake, and had to confirm with staff that he was not dreaming.

“Bro, it just happened in Java and we felt the tremors here (in Bali),” he said.

“It woke me up out of my sleep.”

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes given it is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of fault lines in the Pacific Ocean that regularly collide.

Australians made more than 1.7 million trips to Indonesia in 2024-25.