Earthquake measuring 7.1

WASHINGTON - An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit the central region of Chile at 17.20 local time (21:20 Italian). The news is the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was located 590 km south-west from Santiago, Chile, at a depth of only 16 km. The Observatory of Hawaii does not report the tsunami risk.

On February 27 Chile was ravaged by an earthquake of magnitude 8.8 which killed over 500 dead and destroyed entire villages, leaving more than two million homeless people.

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