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Chile Earthquake: Cars Rumble, Lights Dim As Tremors Hit, Stunning Visuals of Chile's 7.3 Earthquake
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Thursday night, with its epicenter 41 km southeast of San Pedro de Atacama. Despite the..
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi), sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about 1,250,000 square kilometers (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish.
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Chile on Thursday night, with its epicenter 41 km southeast of San Pedro de Atacama. Despite the..
Chile is planning to increase its lithium mining at the Atacama salt lake but the government is trying to mine the metal in a..