Another Strong Earthquake Hits Chile

Washington, March 15 – An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit Chile Monday, the US Geological Survey said.

The latest tremor occurred at 8.08 a.m. (1108 GMT) 110 km northwest of Chile’s second-largest city Concepcion, which was rocked by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake Feb 27, Xinhua reported.

The Chilean government put the confirmed toll of the massive quake at 529.

Posted by Vamban on Mar 15, 2010 @ 6:38 PM Filed under America, World News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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