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USGS Reports Magnitude 6.0 Quake off Chile's Northern Coast

Associated Press

   SANTIAGO, CHILE - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck early Tuesday off
   the coast of northern Chile, but there were no reports of damage.

   The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was recorded at 3:46 a.m.
   local time at a moderate depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles). It was
   centered 37 kilometers (23 miles) west-southwest of the city of Arica.

   The biggest recent quake to hit Chile came in 2010, when a magnitude
   8.8 quake caused a tsunami blamed for more than 500 deaths.

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