Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes off Chile's Bio-Bio

The quake was 19 km (12 miles) below the Earth's surface, EMSC said.

Representational image of a seismograph during an earthquake.

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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off of Chile's Bio-Bio region on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.

The quake was 19 km (12 miles) below the Earth's surface, it said.

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