A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck in the Pacific off the Chile’s coast on sunday,as said by the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The tremor was centred 83 miles (134 km) west of Talca.
The quake was shallow at a depth of 6.1 miles.There were also no tsunami warnings, advisories, watches or threats in the wake of this earthquake, according to the US Tsunami Warning System.
Though the tremor’s strength is too high, still there were no reports of injuries, impacts to basic services or damage to infrastructure, Chile’s National Emergency Office (ONEMI) said.
“There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage,” the USGS said of the tremor, which it earlier reported as a magnitude 7.2, and which occurred 41 miles (66km) west-southwest of Constitucion, Chile.
This quake comes nine years after a much stronger, 8.8 magnitude quake devastated parts of the Chilean coast. That earthquake, in 2010 caused extensive damage after a tsunami was triggered.
The earthquake on Sunday was originally reported by the USGS to be a 7.2 quake, but was later downgraded to a 6.8 where as Chile’s National Seismological Center (CSN) put the quake at 6.6 magnitude.
Chile is considered among the most earthquake-prone countries of the world.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Chile with magnitude 9.5 was the strongest ever recorded on the magnitude scale, according to the USGS.
