Strong earthquake in southern Chile, 10 missing
Santiago,
Apr
22:
At
least
10
people
were
missing
after
a
large
earthquake
in
southern
Chile
caused
power
cuts,
landslides
and
large
waves
off
the
nation's
Pacific
coast,
authorities
said.
The
6.2
magnitude
quake
hit
at
1350
hrs
local
time
yesterday
with
an
epicenter
1,320
km
south
of
the
capital
Santiago,
near
the
city
of
Coyhaique.
At
first
it
was
not
thought
to
have
caused
material
damages.
The
government
disaster
agency
Onemi
said
later
that
the
quake
had
caused
chunks
of
land
to
fall
into
the
ocean,
causing
large
waves,
but
not
a
tsunami,
in
an
area
where
there
are
salmon
farms.
Onemi
said
in
a
statement
army
patrols
and
police
were
searching
for
10
people
who
had
been
reported
missing
and
are
thought
to
have
been
on
the
ocean
near
where
the
wave
activity
occurred.
Yesterday's
quake
was
the
strongest
of
hundreds
to
have
struck
the
region
in
recent
months.
The
length
of
Chile
is
prone
to
earthquakes.
Reuters