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Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes northern Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile — A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck northern Chile on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake, which was moderately deep at 51 miles, struck at 3:32 a.m. The epicenter, in Tarapaca, was 45 miles east of the port city of Arica and 54 miles southeast of the larger Peruvian city of Tacna.

No further information was available.