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Strong Earthquake Strikes Chile
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A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled northeastern Chile in the region of Antofagasta, which is home to one of the driest places on Earth, US seismologists say.
The quake had a depth of 91.3km and was centred about 80km east-northeast of Calama, the US Geological Survey said. It hit at 8.11pm on Sunday (1011 AEST Monday).
No injuries or damages were reported in Calama, located in the middle of the Atacama desert - considered one of the driest in the world - and in San Pedro de Atacama, one of the country's most popular tourist centres, local police sources told AFP.
"I was walking and noticed how the ground shook but there was no alarm or panic, everything normal," said tour guide Patricio Silva, who lives in San Pedro de Atacama.
Chile's National Emergency Office said phone lines were saturated after the quake, which was considered of "medium strength". It said the situation had "normalised".
"What we are talking about would be very close to Argentine territory, which by definition rules out the possibility of a tsunami," the shift manager at the regional emergency office Onemi, Miguel Ortiz, told Radio Cooperativa.
A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile on February 27, sparking a huge tsunami that killed 521 people and swept away entire villages. The disaster caused an estimated $US30 billion ($A34.18 billion) in damage.
Chile's economy had been on an upward trend since its recovery from the global downturn at the end of 2009. The February earthquake interrupted this.
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