An 8.0 magnitude earthquake off of Chile’s coastline has triggered tsunami warnings for much of Latin America Tuesday night.
Major earthquake,
NEAR COAST OF TARAPACA, CHILE,
Apr-1 23:46 UTC,http://t.co/RSOFMAbXL0— USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) April 2, 2014
Gulp: Tsunami warning for all of Latin America's Pacific coast after 8.0 quake off Chile.
— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) April 2, 2014
STRONG earthquake M8.0 off the coast of Chile at depth of 6.2 miles. pic.twitter.com/fycJub8i3w
— Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) April 2, 2014
BREAKING: PTWC: Prelim. magnitude 8.0 earthquake strikes off Pacific coast of northern Chile; tsunami warnings issued.
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) April 2, 2014
Tsunami Warning (Pacific): TSUNAMI WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CHILE/PERU/ECUADOR TSUNAMI WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COLOMBIA… http://t.co/gGZQBXPZnR
— Armando Ortiz (@armort2) April 2, 2014
8.0 magnitude quake off the coast of Chile. To compare: an 8.0 releases 22,387 times the energy of LA's recent 5.1. http://t.co/hvdcHo2Q4u
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) April 2, 2014
Latest tsunami bulletin from @NWS_PTWC "Sea level readings indicate a tsunami was generated" –> http://t.co/Ic9D5z1Arf
— Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) April 2, 2014
Things aren’t looking good.
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/451152465011159040
A little worrying: There haven't been any Instagrams posted from Iquique, Chile, since the earthquake hit just off the coast.
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) April 2, 2014
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This is the alert that sounded on Chilean cell phones after the earthquake. https://t.co/FeWLlkj4Nl
— Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) April 2, 2014
“@NBCNews: MORE: NOAA evaluating tsunami threat to Hawaii following major Chile quake” wow
— Ida Siegal (@idasiegal4ny) April 2, 2014
Latest tsunami height at Iquique buoy is 6.9ft, up from 6.3ft 20 minutes ago. #earthquake —> http://t.co/UPsjgZq9S4
— Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) April 2, 2014
IQUIQUE, CHILE recorded a 7' wave. #earthquakes
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) April 2, 2014
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Update: Many of the tsunami warnings have been canceled, though Chile and Peru are still on alert.
JUST IN: Tsunami warning center drops Tsunami Warning for all countries, except for Chile and Peru; all other alerts canceled – @ABC
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) April 2, 2014
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