Chile: Powerful M6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama 5

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, May 25, hitting the Atacama Desert region around 31 kilometers from the city of Calama, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Chile: Powerful M6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama 2

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, May 25, hitting the Atacama Desert region around 31 kilometers from the city of Calama, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Chile: Powerful M6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama 3

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, May 25, hitting the Atacama Desert region around 31 kilometers from the city of Calama, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Chile: Powerful M6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama 4

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, May 25, hitting the Atacama Desert region around 31 kilometers from the city of Calama, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Chile: Powerful M6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck northern Chile on Monday, May 25th, hitting the Atacama Desert region around 31 kilometers from the city of Calama, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.

Chile: M6.2 Earthquake Shakes Coquimbo Region

A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Coquimbo region of northern Chile on Thursday morning, February 12. The quake hit near the town of Punitaqui at a depth of nearly 37 km. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The video shows power lines swaying in San Ramón, Coquimbo.

Chile: M5.7 Earthquake Hits Tarapacá Region

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Chile's Tarapacá region at 11:50 PM on Sunday, May 25, at a depth of 103 km, as reported by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

Chile: Residents Evacuate to Higher Ground After M7.4 Earthquake Strikes Off Southern Coast

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Chile's southern coast on Friday morning, May 2, prompting a tsunami warning and evacuation orders for coastal areas. Thousands of residents evacuated to higher ground. Authorities canceled the evacuation orders later in the afternoon.

Chile: Residents Evacuate to Higher Ground After M7.4 Earthquake Strikes Off Southern Coast 2

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Chile's southern coast on Friday morning, May 2, prompting a tsunami warning and evacuation orders for coastal areas. Thousands of residents evacuated to higher ground. Authorities canceled the evacuation orders later in the afternoon.

Chile: Magnitude 5.6 Earthquake Strikes Northern Region, Shaking Copiapó

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck northern Chile on February 18 at 2:18 p.m. local time, according to the USGS. This video shows the moment the quake hit Copiapó.

Chile: Earthquake Strikes Iquique Early Morning 2

Shaking was felt in Iquique early Wednesday, December 18 as an earthquake struck near the city.

Chile: Earthquake Strikes Iquique Early Morning

Shaking was felt in Iquique early Wednesday, December 18 as an earthquake struck near the city.

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule 7

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule 5

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule 4

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule 6

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule 3

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule 2

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Strikes Molina, Maule

A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit 41 km from Molina, Maule in central Chile, at 8:38 p.m. local time on Friday, December 13, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Chile: 7.4 Magnitude Temblor Strikes Antofagasta 5

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the Antofagasta region on Thursday night, July 18, near the border with Argentina and Bolivia. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially reported the magnitude at 6.8 but was upgraded later to 7.3. The USGS pegged the quake at 7.4. No reports of damage, injury or casualty as of writing. This is a developing story.

Chile: 7.4 Magnitude Temblor Strikes Antofagasta 2

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the Antofagasta region on Thursday night, July 18, near the border with Argentina and Bolivia. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially reported the magnitude at 6.8 but was upgraded later to 7.3. The USGS pegged the quake at 7.4. No reports of damage, injury, or casualty as of writing. This is a developing story.

Chile: 7.4 Magnitude Temblor Strikes Antofagasta

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the Antofagasta region on Thursday night, July 18, near the border with Argentina and Bolivia. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially reported the magnitude at 6.8 but was upgraded later to 7.3. The USGS pegged the quake at 7.4. No reports of damage, injury, or casualty as of writing. This is a developing story.

Chile: 7.4 Magnitude Temblor Strikes Antofagasta 4

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the Antofagasta region on Thursday night, July 18, near the border with Argentina and Bolivia. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially reported the magnitude at 6.8 but was upgraded later to 7.3. The USGS pegged the quake at 7.4. No reports of damage, injury, or casualty as of writing. This is a developing story.

Chile: 7.4 Magnitude Temblor Strikes Antofagasta 3

A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile in the Antofagasta region on Thursday night, July 18, near the border with Argentina and Bolivia. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) initially reported the magnitude at 6.8 but was upgraded later to 7.3. The USGS pegged the quake at 7.4. No reports of damage, injury, or casualty as of writing. This is a developing story.

Moai statue from Chile for disaster-hit Tohoku town

Moai statue from Chile for disaster-hit Tohoku town

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a stone replica of a Moai human figure during a ceremony in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2013, where it was placed on May 16. Chile sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

Replica moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

Replica moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A replica moai statue from Chile goes on display at the Grand Front Osaka commercial facility in Osaka on May 2, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support by the Chilean government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It will be displayed through May 9 before being transported to Minamisanriku.

Moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

Moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A moai statue from Chile goes on display at the Grand Front Osaka commercial facility in Osaka on May 2, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support from the Chilean government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The display will run through May 9, before the statue is transported to Minamisanriku.

Moai for disaster area

Moai for disaster area

TOKYO, Japan - A moai statue from Chile is unveiled during an exhibition in Tokyo on March 20, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support from the Chile government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel stand near the head from a replica of Easter Island's Moai statue, outside Shizugawa High School in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. The replica of the famous statue on the island, a Chilean territory, was donated to the town in 1991 by Chile as a symbol of the town's recovery from damage caused by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Chile in 1960. The replica was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

Quake aftermath in Japan

Quake aftermath in Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A commemorative signboard indicating the height of a tsunami, 2.8 meters, which struck the area following the earthquake in Chile in 1960, is left in the rubble in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 17, 2011. The area was hit again by tsunami, estimated at over 10 meters high, following the historic earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.

Chile's Moreno visits Japan's weather agency

Chile's Moreno visits Japan's weather agency

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno (second from back on right) is briefed on Japan's quake and tsunami monitoring and warning systems by Kunio Sakurai (L), director general of the Japan Meteorological Agency, at the agency's headquarters in Tokyo on April 27, 2010. Chile was hit by a devastating earthquake in February.

Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

OTSUCHI, Japan - Fishermen sort baskets used as farming facilities for scallops on March 24, 2010, after they were pulled out of the sea following damage by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chili on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

KESENNUMA, Japan - Fishermen in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2010, pull up netting containing seaweed and plastic bottles used as fishing buoys that was damaged by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

OTSUCHI, Japan - A fisherman in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, carries fishing gear on March 24, 2010, that was damaged by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

Chile guard on alert for prison break

Chile guard on alert for prison break

CONCEPCION, Chile - A guard is on alert at a jail which had a prison break incident in Coronel, Chile, on March 5, 2010. More than 400 prisoners escaped from jails after a strong earthquake damaged the buildings in the country and many of them are still at large.

Aftermath of Chile quake

Aftermath of Chile quake

CONSTITUCION, Chile - A man burns debris from his wrecked home in Constitucion, Chile, on March 2, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Aftermath of Chile quake

Aftermath of Chile quake

CONSTITUCION, Chile - A woman walks through rubble in Constitucion, Chile, on March 2, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Aftermath of Chile quake

Aftermath of Chile quake

CONSTITUCION, Chile - A woman sits in rubble in Constitucion, Chile, on March 2, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Aftermath of Chile quake

Aftermath of Chile quake

CONCEPCION, Chile - A family spend the night in front of their wrecked home in Concepcion, Chile, on March 6, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Aftermath of Chile quake

Aftermath of Chile quake

CONSTITUCION, Chile - A girl offers a flower in Constitucion, Chile, on March 2, 2010, at the funeral of her mother who died in the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Aftermath of Chile quake

Aftermath of Chile quake

CONCEPCION, Chile - A mother and daughter sleep in a car in Concepcion, Chile, on March 3, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - People wait in front of a condominium building for friends and relatives to return home in Concepcion, Chile, on March 4, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - The owner of a supermarket remains in his store to protect it from looters in Concepcion, Chile, on March 4, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - An old man walks in rubble in Concepcion, Chile, on March 4, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - Firefighters look for survivors in a collapsed condominium building in Concepcion, Chile, on March 4, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - A man pushes his car after running out of gas in Concepcion, Chile, on March 4, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

Chile quake aftermath

Chile quake aftermath

CONCEPCION, Chile - An electricity pole leans near a destroyed building in Concepcion, Chile, on March 4, 2010, following the massive earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.