he U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor had a magnitude of 7.6 and was centered 40 kilometers southwest of Puerto Quellon on Chile's sparsely populated southern coast. It struck at 11:22 am local time (1422 UTC).
美国地质调查局说，这次地震的烈度是7.6级，震中位于南部海岸居民稀少的克永港西南40公里。地震发生在当地时间上午11点22分。
Chile’s National Emergency Services chief Ricardo Toro still urged residents at Los Lagos region to evacuate and go to higher ground.
智利国家紧急服务中心负责人里卡多·托罗还在敦促湖大区的居民疏散到地势高一些的地方。
Toro said about 4,000 people have evacuated Los Lagos.
托罗说，湖大区已经有大约四千人疏散出去了。
U.S. and Chilean authorities issued tsunami warnings for areas within 1,000 kilometers of the epicenter.
美国和智利当局都向这次地震震中周围一千公里的区域发出过海啸警报。
It was the third earthquake this month of 7.7 magnitude or higher along the quake-prone Pacific Rim, sometimes referred to as the "ring of fire."
这是本月环太平洋地震易发带发生的第三次震级在7.7级以上的地震。这个地震易发带也被称作“火圈”。
A 7.8 magnitude-earthquake was recorded off the coast of the Solomon Islands on Dec. 8, and a 7.9-magnitude temblor was reported Dec. 17 in Papua New Guinea.
12月8日，所罗门岛海岸附近发生了7.8级地震，12月17日巴布亚新几内亚发生了一次7.9级地震。
