Earthquake strikes Chile's Bio-Bio region

CONCEPCION, Chile, July 14 (UPI) -- A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rumbled near Bio-Bio region in central Chile, Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake, which occurred 17 miles below the Earth's surface, was centered 61 miles north-northwest of Temuco, 82 miles south of the region's capital of of Concepcion and 344 miles from the country's capital of Santiago.

The South American country was hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake Sunday 50 miles east-northeast of Calama in Chile's Antofagasta region, the USGS said. No significant problems or damage was reported from that quake.