An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted Antofagasta, Chile on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The earthquake struck 84 km northwest of Calama, EMSC reported.
Social media users have posted unverified videos showing prolonged tremors, which they claim to be CCTV footage.
Earlier in November, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck off the coast of southern Chile, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no warnings of a tsunami.
The quake's epicentre was 278 kilometres west-northwest of Cochrane, Chile, according to the US Geological Survey. Cochrane is a sparsely populated area in the Patagonia region.
The USGS said that the quake, at 6.37 am Chilean time, had a depth of 10 kilometres.
Chile is located in the so-called “Ring of Fire” in the Pacific that is uniquely vulnerable to earthquakes. Chileans still have painful memories of a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in 2010 that spawned a tsunami and killed 526 people.
(With agency inputs)
