The World - News from Aug. 9, 1987
A strong earthquake rocked northern Chile, killing at least six people and injuring 106 others, police said. The quake triggered landslides that blocked the Pan American Highway. It was felt in Arica, a Pacific port city about 1,200 miles north of Santiago, and in nearby southern Peruvian towns. Officials said among the six killed was a 1-month-old girl whose home collapsed in the fishing village of Camarones, south of Arica. The dead also included an 11-year-old boy killed in a landslide, according to police in Arica. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said the earthquake registered 6.8 on the Richter scale.
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