As the northern Chilean city of Copiapo was preparing last week to hold earthquake drills, it was hit by a real-life one: a 6.4-magnitude quake that cut power to thousands and caused structural damage ...

Rescue workers recover the body of an earthquake victim from a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. Aliosha Marquez / AP Photo ...

SANTIAGO, Chile --A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile's northern coast Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway in Santiago and bringing flooding from small tsunami waves in some ...

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake killed at least 214 in Chile, toppled buildings and collapsed bridges. In Hawaii, officials are warning residents about the possibility of a tsunami. For the first time ...

A big earthquake of magnitude 8.2 shook the coast of northern Chile on Tuesday night, setting off small landslides and a small tsunami and killing at least five people.

Chile was struck by a significant magnitude 6.4 earthquake yesterday. While no injuries were reported, more than 20,000 have been left without power. On Friday at 1:15 PM local time, an initial 6. ...

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck northern Chile, causing minor infrastructure damage and cutting power to over 20,000 people.

Jonathan Gary ’11, who interned in Chile last year, said a friend in Chile told him that “the earthquake caused lots of broken glass and fallen picture frames, but no significant structural damage ...

Chile is located in the so-called "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific and experiences frequent earthquakes. In 2010, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake and subsequent tsunami claimed 526 lives. Related Topics ...

The so-called “Great Chilean earthquake” was a magnitude 9.5 earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile on this day in 1960. Worldcrunch. Chile’s Massive Earthquake — This Happened: May 22.

Chile is part of the Ring of Fire which is an area of high seismic activity, meaning earthquakes are common. An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 is still very strong even if it is not uncommon.

SANTIAGO, Chile — A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck in the South Atlantic Ocean off Chile and Argentina on Friday, prompting thousands in Chile to evacuate parts of the sparsely ...