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Two earthquakes strike Chile's Easter Island

Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.3 and 5.2 shook Chile's Easter Island, but did not generate a tsunami threat, the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Interior and Public Security said

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Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.3 and 5.2 shook Chile's Easter Island, but did not generate a tsunami threat, the National Emergency Office of the Ministry of Interior and Public Security reported.

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The Ministry detailed that the first tremor, measuring 6.3, was registered at 3:17 p.m., 699 km to the northwest of Easter Island, a Chilean island territory located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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The second quake, measuring 5.2, occurred at 3:28 p.m., 700 km northwest of Easter Island, according to data published by the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy on its website, Xinhua news agency reported.

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Chile is situated on the Ring of Fire in the Pacific and is considered one of the most seismic countries on the planet.

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