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WATCH: People Evacuate After Tsunami Warning 8.2 Earthquake Hits Chile - April 1, 2014
- Published_at:2014-04-02
- Category:People & Blogs
- Channel:FasterFirstNews
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- description: April 1, 2014 - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 has struck off the coast of Chile, triggering a tsunami that has already started hitting the coastline. The quake, which was centered 61 miles west-northwest of Iquique, Chile, and was 6.21 miles deep, was initially measured at 8.0, but was later upgraded, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a six-foot tsunami that hit Pisagua, Chile, at 8:04 p.m. ET. There was some damage reported on roads linking northern towns between Iquique and Alto Auspicio, but it was immediately clear how much. ABC News producer Helen Hughes in Santiago, Chile, said there was a tsunami alert for all of Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Evacuation orders were issued for the cities of Arica, Iquique and Antofagasta. All cities were along a low coast and each evacuation involved a significant climb to higher land further inland, Hughes said. Two waves hit initially Iquique and Pisagua, but none larger than two meters. The first wave was not necessarily the strongest, local officials said, and people should not return to coastline until alert is lifted. There have been numerous quakes in the same area over the past few weeks, but scientists said it was not clear whether they were a sign that a major quake was coming. A magnitude-6.7 quake rattled the area on March 16, and more than 100,000 people were briefly evacuated from low-lying areas. No tsunami resulted from that quake, which caused little damage. In 2010, a magnitude-8.8 quake and ensuing tsunami in central Chile killed more than 500 people, destroyed 220,000 homes and caused widespread damage to docks, riverfronts and seaside resorts. The strongest earthquake ever recorded also happened in Chile, in 1960. That magnitude-9.5 tremor killed more than 5,000 people.
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