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6月13日晚，智利北部地區發生里氏7.9級的強震，導致至少八人死亡，數人受傷。外電報道如下：A powerful earthquake rattled Chile's remote
northern Andes near the Bolivian border Monday, killing at least eight
people and causing widespread damage in several mountain villages.
Interior Minister Jorge Correa said there could be more victims in some
isolated communities, but added no details were immediately available
because of poor communications.
The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9, according to both the
U.S. Geological Survey and Chilean officials, making it the world's third
strongest temblor since the quake that set off an Asian tsunami in
December.
Temblor在美式用法中表示“地震”，源于西班牙語temblar（發抖，地震），相當于earthquake。
據悉，受災最嚴重的是智利北部港口城市伊基克和阿里卡，強震導致電力中斷，居民紛紛逃離家園。智利國家緊急事務處理中心表示，根據專家分析，這次地震的震中在山區，而不是在海里，因此不會引發海嘯。
（中國日報網站編） | 
