The 19 buildings consist of eight schools, six houses, a monument, a hospital, a museum, Denpasar`s Regional Representatives Council office and a firefighters` office.
"Eight buildings are heavily damaged. The worst damage happened to Vocational High School 2 in Denpasar where almost its entire roof collapsed," Chief of Denpasar`s BPBD Sudana Satri Graha said here on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Secretary to Denpasar city`s administration AAN Rai Iswara said he had asked related government officials to conduct a quick response towards the impact of the earthquake.
"Starting tomorrow, all damaged schools will be repaired," he said adding that the city administration would pay for the medical treatment of victims of the earthquake.
Bali was shaken by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Thursday (Oct 13) morning.
The earthquake`s epicenter was located 143 km southwest of Nusa Dua and at a depth of 10 km, and it did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB)`s data and information center, said.
The BNPB headquarters in Jakarta has coordinated with the local BNPB office in Bali to tackle the disaster`s aftermath.
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