SANTIAGO, Aug. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Several Chilean cities were jolted Saturday night by a strong earthquake which caused no casualties, but damaged roads and led to power cuts, local press said Sunday.

    The earthquake, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, occurred Saturday at 22:38 local time (02:38 GMT Sunday).

    In preliminary reports, the University of Tarapaca said the epicenter of the quake was located 129 km northeast of Iquique andabout 1,970 km north of Santiago, and had a depth of 84 km. Enditem