Two killed in Chile earthquake

The earthquake of 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale that struck eight regions of Chile, early yesterday, killing two people due to heart attacks and even recorded several aftershocks, officials said.

The victims were Hugo Muñoz Sepulveda, 72, and Luis Orders Tapia, 59, died in the towns of Quillota and Papudo, both in the region of Valparaiso, the most affected by the earthquake.

After shaking telluric waves which spread among the regions of Atacama, 1,000 kilometers north of Santiago, and La Araucania, 700 kilometers south of the capital, the government called for calm. Read Article