SANTIAGO: A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook Chile on Monday (Nov 4), rattling buildings in the capital while a big anti-government ...
SANTIAGO: A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook Chile on Monday , rattling buildings in the capital while a big anti-government demonstration was under way.
The quake struck at 6.53pm with its epicentre near the northern town of Illapel, the US Geological Survey said.Chile's National Seismological Centre measured the quake at magnitude 6.1, revising down an earlier estimate of 6.3."There have been no reports of damage to people, disruption of basic services or infrastructure," the National Emergency Office said.The Army Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service said the quake was unlikely to cause a tsunami on Chile's Pacific coast.
When the quake hit, police in Santiago were dispersing protesters at the start of the third week of anti-austerity protests targeting the conservative government.The 9.5-magnitude 1960 Valdivia earthquake was the strongest ever recorded on the magnitude scale, according to the USGS.Chile lies on the Ring of Fire - an arc of fault lines that circles the Pacific Basin and is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
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