The quake was followed a magnitude 5.0 aftershock about a quarter hour later, the USGS said.

An Army press officer said the first COVID-19 cases had been reported in mid-December, when two soldiers fell ill.

On this episode of the Global News podcast Whatever Happened To…?, journalist Erica Vella revisits the story of 33 Chilean miners trapped after a 2010 mine collapse.

There are, however, small signs the worst may be over for the current outbreak in Brazil, with the Health Ministry saying that the spread of coronavirus could be about to slow.

The region has reported an average of more than 86,000 daily infections of the new coronavirus in the last seven days.

Valour FC has picked up the option year on the contracts of Dylan Carreiro and Chile's Diego Gutiérrez.

Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel said authorities believe arson caused the blaze and urged people to report any suspicious activity.

The National Forestry Commission of the Agriculture Ministry said at least 100 hectares were burned by afternoon and people were evacuated from the area.

The Hercules C-130 cargo plane, which was carrying 17 crew members and 21 passengers, disappeared shortly after taking off on Dec. 9 from the southern city of Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia.

Created by the Chilean feminist collective ``Lastesis,'' the song was first performed late last month in that South American country's capital of Santiago amid widespread anti-government protests that elicited a harsh crackdown by security forces.