Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes near coast of central Chile, GFZ says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near the coast of central Chile on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 44 km (27 miles), GFZ said.

(Reporting by Dheeraj Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams)