SANTIAGO, Chile - A strong earthquake centered in the remote Andes mountains rocked northern Chile on Monday but preliminary reports indicated it caused no victims or damage, the government's Emergency Bureau reported.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at about 2 p.m. local time, had a magnitude of 6.3, while Chile's seismological service put its strength at magnitude 6.6. Its epicenter was 55 miles northeast of Iquique, in the Andes mountains.
The quake caused some minor landslides in roads in the region and alarm among population, officials said.
The emergency bureau's Web site said there were no immediate reports of victims or damage.
State television reported that telephone service and traffic lights were briefly down in Iquique, a port city 1,200 miles north of Santiago.
The quake was also felt moderately in other towns in the sparsely populated region and in southern Peru.
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