A near 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook through southern Chile early Monday morning.
No one was killed or injured from the 6.8 magnitude quake that happened just before midnight, media sources report. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the powerful tremble occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles in Hawaii.
The Star Advertiser reports, earthquakes of this size usually generate tsunamis dangerous to areas approximately 100 miles from the epicenter. Officials said this one did not cause a Pacific-wide tsunami.
According to USGS.gov, the most recent powerful earthquake in South America had a magnitude of 7.8 in Tarapaca, Chile in 2005.
One that shook North and South America was the quake in northwestern Bolivia in 1994. This was the largest deep-focus earthquake instrumentally recorded with a magnitude of 8.2. It occurred at a depth of 631 kilometers.
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