A powerful 7.7-magnitude quake has hit northern Chile, knocking out power and damaging buildings.
The quake, 60km (37 miles) deep, was centred on the village of Quillahua, about 100km north-west of Calama town, said a presidential spokesman.
It caused panic and toppled power and phone lines, but there were no early reports of injuries.
US officials warned the quake could trigger a tsunami, but Chilean authorities played down the risk.
"It was horribly strong. It was very long and there was a lot of underground noise," Andrea Riveros, a hotel worker in Calama, told news agency AP.
The quake, which struck at 1243 local time (1543 GMT), could reportedly be felt strongly in the capital Santiago, 1,260km to the south.
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