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Three Earthquakes Hit Northern Chile
Washington (AFP) May 02, 2006 A strong earthquake hit northern Chile near Copiapo on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported. The 6.4 magnitude quake struck 55 kilometers (34 miles) northwest of the town of Copiapo or 724 kilometers (450 miles) north of Santiago, at 1917 GMT, the USGS reported. The tremor occurred six kilometers (3.7 miles) below the surface. The quake was followed nine minutes later by a moderate, 5.2 magnitude quake at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles) off the shore of Atacama, 710 kilometers (440 miles) north of Santiago at 1926 GMT, USGS said. Two hours later, a third earthquake struck the same area with a magnitude of 5.6, at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles) some 65 kilometers (40 miles) north-northwest of Copiapo, or 746 kilometers (463 miles) north of Santiago, at 2133 GMT, the USGS reported. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in the sparsely populated region. Chile lies on the western coast of South America, an area that is active seismically, as the Nazca tectonic plate below the Pacific drives itself beneath the South American plate.
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Indonesias Mount Merapi Acts Up But No Eruption Yet
Jakarta (AFP) May 01, 2006Volcanic rocks have tumbled down from the peak of Indonesia's rumbling Mount Merapi volcano but its "standby" status remains unchanged, a vulcanologist said Saturday. The avalanche of rocks created a thin layer of dust that fell on two hamlets located on the western slope of the 2,914-meter (9,560-foot) volcano Friday, said Dewi Sri from the vulcanology office in Yogyakarta. |
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