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Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near coast of Northern Chile: GFZ

Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near coast of Northern Chile: GFZ

By Reuters

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. It earlier showed the magnitude as 7 and 6.7, with the quake at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). There was no tsunami threat from the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.