An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck adjacent the seashore of Central Chile connected Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences, (GFZ) said. The quake was astatine a extent of 18 km (11.18 miles), GFZ said.
A beardown 7.3 magnitude earthquake had struck the mining-intensive Antofagasta portion of Chile successful July, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre had reported.