Photos: Image grab from the FOROtv of the Mexican television network "Televisa", announces the 8.3-magnitude earthquake that hit north Chile, on April 1, 2014. (Xinhua/Televisa)

An 8.1-magnitude earthquake jolted sea off north coast of Chile at 7:46 am Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter was monitored at 19.6 degrees south latitude and 70.7 degrees west longitude, with a depth of 10 kilometers, the center said.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake to be of 8.0 magnitude.

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