A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shock office, supermarket shelves, broke the window collapsed Wednesday in northern and central Chile, where people fled in panic some buildings.
In the section PiYaBo city a fifty years old woman heart attack death, atacama area governor rafael Prohens, thanks to her in the earthquake the fear of death. Authorities say the damage is limited, discount the possibility of a tsunami.
The us geological survey first report 6.7 earthquake, but later correction, upward. It hit and afternoon (3:15 in the afternoon; 2015 GMT) as the center and miles (44 kilometers), northern Chile and the nall.
The earthquake shook the capital, San Diego, resulting in office moved, but think that the most powerful northern state television showed images of bulk cargo in bashan and nall, family skin and spread to other cities near several family supermarket floor and broken the window.
Witnesses describe people from building to panic in the street.
And "nall mayor cristian tower skin said, telephone line was stuck, some power line temporarily closed, but service slowly recovering.
"Half an hour before is very difficult. Tower skin said," we still have a problem, telecom state television. "Two wall collapsed. We are evaluating in broken families, to find out whether they still safe living environment.
But Chile emergency office, ONEMI said, no casualties were immediately report and infrastructure in the least damage. Marine service discount the possibility of a tsunami.
"There is no doubt that in some places of the population escape, the following cultural evacuation," miguel · ORR di ONEMI countries, early warning, director of the center. Low intensity aftershocks also reports.
A devastating 8.8 -magnitude earthquake and tsunami release in 2010, killed 551 people and destroyed 220000 homes and wash away the wharf, waterfront and seaside resort. Chile disaster cost $30 billion, its annual gross domestic product (GDP) of 18%.
Chile is the world's most vulnerable to earthquake is one of the countries.
In Chile long coastline, nazca plate under the slump of the mainland, and promote the Andean high altitude area. The 2010 earthquake is so strong, it time change slightly change the rotation of the earth, the earth day shorten.
The strongest earthquake in Chile in magnitude 9.5 in 1960, killing more than 5000 people were killed.
 



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