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A 8,8 earthquake struck at 06: 34 GMT, some 91 km Northeast of the Chilean city of Concepcion. Photo by www.emsc-csem.org
A powerful earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8,8 on the Richter scale has struck central Chile, the BBC reports Saturday citing the US Geological Survey (USGS).
The US also issued a tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and Ecuador and later extended it to Colombia, Antarctica, Panama, Hawaii and Costa Rica while Japan's meteorological agency warned of a potential tsunami across large areas of the Pacific. Australia also issued a tsunami alert.
The earthquake struck 35 km deep at 06:34 GMT, some 91 km Northeast of the city of Concepcion and 317 km Southwest of the capital, Santiago.
Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between 10 and 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity and communications. Preliminary reports list at least 78 casualties and a large number of collapsed buildings.
Santiago airport is closed and all flights are canceled until further notice, airline officials say.
President Michelle Bachelet is quoted as saying that a "wave of large proportion" had affected the Juan Fernandez island group, reaching halfway into one inhabited area.
USGS have recorded eight aftershocks, the largest of 6,9 magnitude at 08:01 GMT.
Chile suffered the biggest earthquake of the 20th century when a 9,5 magnitude quake struck the city of Valdivia in 1960, killing 1,655 people.
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