Earthquake with magnitude 6.9 hits Chile: USGS

A almighty 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck bluish Chile connected Monday (local time), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake deed the Atacama godforsaken region, astir 31 km from the municipality of Calama, astatine a extent of astir 100 km. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties oregon large damage. Chile, 1 of the world’s astir seismically progressive countries, often experiences beardown earthquakes owed to its determination on the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”