CHILE - Strong aftershocks from a powerful earthquake hit northern Chile on Thursday as the government erected a working military hospital and promised hundreds of other portable dwellings for 15,000 left homeless by the quake. Government and army workers scrambled to distribute tons of food, water and medicine after the 7.7 magnitude quake struck near the desert village of Quillagua in the foothills of the Andes on Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 150.
Major aftershocks shook the region Today, including one of magnitude 6.2 and another of magnitude 6.8, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of further damage or injuries. The earthquake destroyed or damaged 4,000 houses and the local hospital, blocking roads, crushing cars and knocking out power across northern Chile, officials said. This port city of 27,000 and the nearby mining town of Maria Elena were the hardest hit, and presidential spokesman Ricardo Lagos Weber said both would be declared disaster areas to expedite aid delivery.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE
Chile was where the tsunami was generated that hit Hawaii, the April Fools Tsunami. Chile is having one earthquake after another the ones In the ocean are the ones to watch.
Region: OFFSHORE ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE
Geographic coordinates: 22.830S, 70.369W
Magnitude: 6.3 Mw Depth: 35 km
Universal Time (UTC): 20 Nov 2007 17:55:55
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