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The FINANCIAL -- A 6.6-magnitude earthquake, the fourth during the night, hit Chile in the early hours of March 16 morning, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
The quake, with the epicenter in the small town of Cobquecura on the Pacific coast, struck at 5:45 a.m. local time [08:45 GMT].
It followed an earlier tremor that occurred at 02:22 GMT some 75 km (50 miles) north of the western Chilean city of Concepcion.
While there were no immediate reports on causalities, the Chilean government has issued a tsunami alert.
Some 150 tremors have been registered in Chile since an 8.8-magnitude earthquake occurred to the north of Concepcion in late February. According to official reports, 497 people died as a result of that tremor.
It was followed by a series of aftershocks and tsunamis leaving some 2 million Chileans homeless and damaging about 1.5 million buildings.
Chile's new president, Sebastian Pinera, has said it would cost at least $30 billion to rebuild the country after the devastating earthquake.
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