Foreign minister Anifah Aman today conveyed Malaysia's condolences and deep sympathy to the victims of the massive earthquake that hit Chile yesterday.

    

In a statement, he said the Malaysian embassy in Santiago had also confirmed that Malaysians working in the republic were safe.

    

He said that the ministry and its embassy in santiago would continue to monitor the situation and issue reports accordingly.

In this regard, he said the public can contact the ministry's duty officer at 03-88874000/03-88874570 or 03-88892746 for further information.

    

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck 115km northeast of the city of Concepcion and 325km south-west of santiago, the capital of Chile.

- Bernama