6月13日晚，智利北部地区发生里氏7.9级的强震，导致至少八人死亡，数人受伤。外电报道如下：A powerful earthquake rattled¹ Chile's remote northern Andes near the Bolivian border Monday, killing² at least eight people and causing widespread damage in several mountain villages.

Interior Minister Jorge Correa said there could be more victims in some isolated³ 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 tsunami⁴ in December.

Temblor在美式用法中表示“地震”，源于西班牙语temblar（发抖，地震），相当于earthquake。

据悉，受灾最严重的是智利北部港口城市伊基克和阿里卡，强震导致电力中断，居民纷纷逃离家园。智利国家紧急事务处理中心表示，根据专家分析，这次地震的震中在山区，而不是在海里，因此不会引发海啸。