Chile Struck by Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake, USGS Says |
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chile was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, which was followed by aftershocks that rattled coastal areas in the north of the country, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
The first quake struck at 3:17 p.m. local time and its epicenter was 60 kilometers (35 miles) northwest of the city of Copiapo, which has a population of 125,000, the USGS said on its Web site. The depth of the quake, described as ``strong'' by USGS, was 7 kilometers. It hit 715 kilometers north of Santiago.
There were nine aftershocks with a minimum magnitude of 5 by 7:04 p.m., the USGS said. The biggest, a little over two hours after the main earthquake, had a magnitude of 6.3 and struck offshore 70 kilometers northwest of Copiapo at a depth of 10 kilometers.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Chile is regularly hit by earthquakes and is situated in the region where the Nazca and South American plates meet. Quakes of magnitude 5 and more can cause considerable damage, depending on their depth.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake left 11 people dead in the north of the country in June last year, the Chile government said at the time. In 1960, 5,000 people died when the nation was hit by a magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the largest recorded in the world, according to the USGS.
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