A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile near Diego de Almagro, causing widespread panic as shoppers fled a mall with glass panels flying off. The quake disrupted a live interview ...

SANTIAGO, Chile --A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile's northern coast Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway in Santiago and bringing flooding from small tsunami waves in some ...

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has shaken Chile. Around 23,000 people were left without electricity. Pictures from the city of Copiapo show facades and broken glass on the streets.

SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northern Chile on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

SANTIAGO, Chile — A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck in the South Atlantic Ocean off Chile and Argentina on Friday, prompting thousands in Chile to evacuate parts of the sparsely ...

As the northern Chilean city of Copiapo was preparing last week to hold earthquake drills, it was hit by a real-life one: a 6.4-magnitude quake that cut power to thousands and caused structural damage ...

Past South American earthquakes have had deadly effects across the Pacific. In 1960, a magnitude 9.5 quake struck Chile. It was the largest earthquake ever recorded and caused a tsunami that ...

Chile is located in the so-called "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific and experiences frequent earthquakes. In 2010, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake and subsequent tsunami claimed 526 lives. Related Topics ...

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 104 km (64.62 miles).

Chile is part of the Ring of Fire which is an area of high seismic activity, meaning earthquakes are common. An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 is still very strong even if it is not uncommon.

Jonathan Gary ’11, who interned in Chile last year, said a friend in Chile told him that “the earthquake caused lots of broken glass and fallen picture frames, but no significant structural damage ...

A big earthquake of magnitude 8.2 shook the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday night, setting off small landslides and a small tsunami and killing at least five people.