Coastal regions of southern Chile were told to evacuate after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake was recorded on Friday, May 2, off the coasts of Argentina and Chile, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coasts of Argentina and Chile, sparking a tsunami alert. The quake's epicentre was under the ocean 219km (136 miles) south of Ushuaia, Argentina ...

Earthquake of Magnitude 5.7 Strikes Northern Chile, GFZ Says (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck northern Chile on Thursday, German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.