India, June 6 -- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the coast of northern Chile region on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The earthquake was at a depth of 104 km (64.62 miles).

Just earlier last month, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina. The quake struck between Cape Horn and Antarctica at a depth of just 10 km (6 miles) and was followed by several smaller aftershocks.

Chilean authorities were prompted to issue a tsunami warning for the country's southernmost region after the quake, news agency AFP had reported.

Chile's National Disaster Prevention and Response Service had said that the coastal area of Magallanes region in the southern tip of the country should be ev...