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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Alma telescope inaugurated

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera (C) attends the ceremony on March 13, 2013 marking the inauguration of the state-of-the-art Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau 5,000 meters above sea level in northern Chile.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Photo shows the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Reporters are shown the parabolic antennas of the Alma radio telescope on an Andean plateau in northern Chile on March 12, 2013, ahead of the inauguration of the telescope the next day. The facility can capture radio waves from outer space with 66 antennas working in synchrony.

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ALMA observatory in Chile

ATACAMA, Chile - Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2011, shows antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international astronomy facility, located 5,000 meters above sea level in the Atacama region, northern Chile.

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Japanese observatory in Chile

ATACAMA, Chile - Takashi Miyata, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, points to the university's astronomical observatory facility on Mt. Chajnantor in northern Chile on Sept. 29, 2011. The facility is over 5,000 meters above sea level and Miyata is wearing an oxygen device to cope with the high altitude.

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Chilean president thanks Japanese firms for supporting miners

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera speaks before Japanese and Chilean corporate officials in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2010, expressing his gratitude to Japanese firms for extending support to the 33 miners who were rescued last month after being trapped for more than two months in an underground cavern in northern Chile.

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Rescue of Chilean miners

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres celebrates at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010., after all 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile were rescued.

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Rescue of Chilean miners

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres (L) celebrates at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010., after all 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile were rescued.

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Chile miners rescue

TOKYO, Japan - Staff members show their delight at the Chilean Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010, after hearing the news that the rescue of trapped workers at the San Jose mine in northern Chile has begun.

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Chile miners rescue

TOKYO, Japan - Chile's Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres (front, L) and staff members at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010, are jubilant after watching TV news reports that the first of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile has been safely winched to the surface.

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Japan boxer offers aid to Chile

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese welterweight champion Takejiro Kato (C) hands a donation to Chilean Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres (L) at the Chilean Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. Kato, whose mother is Chilean, offered the aid to persons affected by the high-profile accident at the San Jose mine in northern Chile. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Chile miners rescue

TOKYO, Japan - Chile's Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres (front, L) and staff members at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010, are jubilant after watching TV news reports that the first of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile has been safely winched to the surface.

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Rescue of Chilean miners

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres (R in back) watches a TV broadcast of the rescue operation for 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010.

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Rescue of trapped Chilean miners

COPIAPO, Chile - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera holds a press conference before the start of the operation to lift 33 trapped miners to the surface at the San Jose mine in a suburb of Copiapo in northern Chile on Oct. 12, 2010.

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Chilean mine rescue

COPIAPO, Chile - Relatives sing the Chilean anthem near the site of drilling to rescue miners trapped in the San Jose mine in a suburb of Copiapo, northern Chile, on Oct. 9, 2010, after hearing the drill has reached the 33 workers.

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Chilean mine rescue

COPIAPO, Chile - Relatives hug each other in delight near the site of drilling to rescue miners trapped in the San Jose mine in a suburb of Copiapo, northern Chile, on Oct. 9, 2010, after hearing the drill has reached the 33 workers.

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Encouragement for trapped Chilean miners

COPIACO, Chile - Messages of encouragement for Chilean miners trapped underground are put up at the mine near Copiaco in northern Chile on Aug. 30, 2010. Digging of a rescue tunnel is underway for 33 miners who have been trapped since Aug. 5.

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Rescue efforts for trapped miners in Chile

COPIACO, Chile - Rescue workers operate an excavator to reach and save miners trapped in a coal mine around Copiaco in northern Chile on Sept. 2, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Trapped Chilean miners speak with families by phone

COPIAPO, Chile - Ximena Contreras, wife of one of the 33 miners trapped underground, speaks to reporters after talking to her husband by telephone on Aug. 29, 2010, at the mine near the city of Copiapo, northern Chile. The miners spoke with their families for the first time since the Aug. 5 collapse that trapped them underground.

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Phone set up for trapped Chilean miners

COPIAPO, Chile - Telephone infrastructure is set up on Aug. 29, 2010, connecting 33 trapped miners with the outside world, at a mine near the city of Copiapo, northern Chile. The miners spoke with their families for the first time since the Aug. 5 collapse that trapped them underground.

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Phone set up for trapped Chilean miners

COPIAPO, Chile - Chilean Minister of Mining Laurence Golborne (C) puts a tube containing equipment for setting up a telephone through a tunnel connecting miners trapped underground on Aug. 29, 2010, at the mine near the city of Copiapo, northern Chile. Telephone infrastructure was set up enabling communication between the miners and their families for the first time since a mine collapse on Aug. 5 trapped 33 underground.

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Chile expects "below average" rainfall in 2022: minister

STORY: Chile expects "below average" rainfall in 2022: minister DATELINE: May 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of rainfall in Chile 2. various of street view of Chile 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JUAN CARLOS GARCIA, Chile's Minister of Public Works 4. various of Chile's Minister of Public Works Juan Carlos Garcia 5. various of rainfall in Chile 6. various of street view of Chile STORYLINE: Chile expects "below average" rainfall in 2022, Chile's Minister of Public Works Juan Carlos Garcia warned on Tuesday due to the water shortage and drought that are hitting the South American nation hard. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): JUAN CARLOS GARCIA, Chile's Minister of Public Works "A day's rain, or even a month's rain, will not alleviate the country's water crisis. We have had a 13-year drought, and we will continue to monitor the current situation." Overall, Garcia made it clear that from the northern Coquimbo region to the south-central Maule region, precipitation is belo

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants board boats that will transport them to the Colombia-Panama border as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants board boats that will transport them to the Colombia-Panama border as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

A Haitian migrant carries two water galons as he boards a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

A small migrant child tries to fit into a life jacket vest as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

A small child watches a Colombia's migrantion officer as she boards a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Migrants Try To Pass Colombia-Panama Border

Migrants do long lines to board a boat as thousands of Haitian, African and Cuban migrants that came from Chile, Brazil or Suriname, try to pass towards the Colombia - Panama border by boat to then reach the US. Necocli, Colombia, August 5, 2021. Every year, thousands of migrants descend on the little coastal town of Necocli in northern Colombia, most with dreams of one day reaching the United States. That influx dried up in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and border closures, but Necocli was overwhelmed soon after Colombia opened its frontiers in May. Photo by Jessica Patino/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM