2nd LD-Writethru: 8.2-magnitude quake hits Chile: CENC
Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:
A 8.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off central Chile at 6:54 a.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter is located at 31.6 degrees south latitude and 71.6 degrees west longitude. The quake struck at a depth of about 20 km.
Another earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale occurred in the same area at 7:18 a.m. Beijing Time, with a depth of 30 km, the center reported. Endi