An earthquake of magnitude five on the Richter scale rocked the region of Coquimbo, in northern Chile, without causing casualties or visible damage, officials said.
The ground shake struck at 06.14 local time (09.14 GMT) on Tuesday and was centered at sea, 63 kilometers west of the town of Los Vilos and 380 northwest of Santiago, the National Seismological Centre University of Chile.
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The hypocenter was located at a depth of 39.1 kilometers, the agency said, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) determined at 13 kilometers below the surface and calculated at 4.8 degrees Richter earthquake magnitude.
The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy said meanwhile that the earthquake did not meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami off the coast of Chile.
The quake a new replica of the more than 2,000 who have registered in the area after the earthquake of 8.4 degrees on September 16 last left 15 dead, nearly 7,000 victims and material damage was considered.
In the two hours following the earthquake today occurred in the area three earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.4, 3.2 and 3.3 magnitude, according to the University of Chile.
