USGS: 6.5-magnitude quake shakes central Chile
April 17, 2012  11:01

As Bengal quakes at the thought of an entire term with Mamata Banerjee, in central Chile there has been strong magnitude-6.5 earthquake today, prompting authorities to order a preventative evacuation of a stretch of coastline. 

 

There were no immediate reports of damage or deaths, but the quake was felt almost a minute in Valparaiso and the capital, Santiago, where hundreds of people fled buildings and homes in panic. 

 

The Chilean navy's hydrographic and oceanographic service discounted the possibility of a tsunami, despite the order to move to higher ground affecting a stretch of coastline going from roughly 360 kms south of Santiago to 420 kms north of Chile's capital.

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