A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck offshore Atacama, Chile on Tuesday morning, according to VolcanoDiscovery.com.
This follows several smaller quakes in the region including a magnitude 2.8 event near Antofagasta on November 1st, per the same source.
Chañaral sits in a seismically active zone, and these recent events have prompted local authorities to monitor the situation closely, as reported by VolcanoDiscovery.com.