SANTIAGO, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Chilean authorities canceled a preventive evacuation order in the southern Magallanes region Friday following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake, but a tsunami advisory remains in effect for the coastal areas, officials said.
The powerful quake struck at 8:58 a.m. local time (1258 GMT), with the epicenter 218 kilometers south of Puerto Williams, the southernmost city in Chile, roughly 3,500 kilometers from Santiago.
