NO QUAKE DAMAGE AT CHUQUICAMATA - MINE SPOKESMAN The earthquake which hit northern Chile today, registering 7.0 on the open-ended Richter scale, caused no damage to the copper mine at Chuquicamata, a mine spokesman said. Chuquicamata public relations director Guillermo Barcelo told Reuters by telephone from the mine that the quake had caused no problems and operations continued as usual. A spokesman for the state Chilean Copper Commission in Santiago confirmed there had been no damage at Chuquicamata.