Strong Earthquake Shocks
Coast of Northern Chile
An earthquake measuring
6.7 on the Richter scale
shook the coast of
northern Chile at about
4:29 p.m. (0829 GMT)
Sunday, according to a
bulletin released by the
Hong Kong Observatory
Sunday.
The epicenter was
determined to be located
at 22.6 degrees south
latitude and 70.0
degrees west longitude,
about 230 kilometers
south of Iquique, Chile.
There has been no
immediate casualty
report by the press
time.
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