6.5 quake shakes north Chile, no reports of damage
SANTIAGO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 quake shook northern Chile early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries, Chile's state emergency office said.
The temblor, which struck just after midnight (0305 GMT), rattled the northern region of Tarapaca, where it caused a power outage in the southern area of the regional capital of Iquique after a substation failed.
It was less intense in copper mine-rich Antofagasta.
Emergency office ONEMI said the quake was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami.
The USGS said the earthquake struck at a depth of 6.2 miles(10 km), 970 miles (1,560 km) north of the capital Santiago.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Martinez. Writing by Simon Gardner, Editing by Sandra Maler)
The temblor, which struck just after midnight (0305 GMT), rattled the northern region of Tarapaca, where it caused a power outage in the southern area of the regional capital of Iquique after a substation failed.
It was less intense in copper mine-rich Antofagasta.
Emergency office ONEMI said the quake was not strong enough to trigger a tsunami.
The USGS said the earthquake struck at a depth of 6.2 miles(10 km), 970 miles (1,560 km) north of the capital Santiago.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Martinez. Writing by Simon Gardner, Editing by Sandra Maler)
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