Great Earthquakes in Divers Places
Strong 6.1 Earthquake strikes Chile's disaster area
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 9, 2010; 12:15 PM
SANTIAGO, Chile -- A magnitude-6.1 earthquake has hit the same part of
Chile that suffered a catastrophic quake in February. The new temblor
has caused alarm but no reported damage or injuries.
It struck the regions of Maule, BioBio and Araucani - just where the
earlier magnitude-8.8 quake caused the most damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the new quake struck at 3:28 a.m. (3:28
a.m. EDT; 0728 GMT) Thursday and it was centered about 22 miles (35
kilometers) south of the hard-hit regional capital of Concepcion.