ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br /> <br />STORY: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Thursday (October 31), the United States Geological Survey reported.<br /> <br />The quake was centered 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Coquimbo and at a depth of 6.6 miles (11 km), the USGS said.<br /> <br />There were no initial reports of injuries or damage, though the quake caused buildings in the capital Santiago to sway.<br /> <br />Paolo Marin of Chile's National Emergency Office said there were isolated power and cellphone outages.<br /> <br />"There are no injured people because of this situation. Nor do we have infrastructure damage. The information we have at the moment is that there have just been a few isolated interruptions in sectors of Coquimbo region also telephone congestion because some people have used their cellphones after the earthquake occurred," he said.<br /> <br />Mining operations in Chile, the world's No. 1 copper producer, also were not affected, according to initial reports.
