Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes near coast of Northern Chile

Residents camp out on a field near Iquique, Chile, as earthquakes rocked the area over the last 48-hours, on April 2, 2014. (File/AFP)

• The quake had a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck near the coast of Northern Chile on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said.
It earlier showed the magnitude as 7. The quake had a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), GFZ said.