Urgent: 5.8-magnitude quake hits Near Coast of Central Chile -- GFZ

BEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Near Coast of Central Chile at 1143 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 30.73 degrees south latitude and 71.63 degrees west longitude. ■