February 27th, 2010 – A massive earthquake has struck Chile early this morning. The epicenter of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake was near the city of Concepción, Chile’s second largest city. It was also felt in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and as far as Sao Paulo, Brasil. A tsunami alert was issued for the Pacific. The first waves are expected to hit Hawaii after 11 a.m. (4 p.m. EST; 2100 GMT) and measure 8 feet (2.5 meters).
- To track the evolution of the Tsunami refer to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of NOAA.
- A warning is in effect specially for coastal areas in Chile, Mexico, Hawaii, Tahiti, Polinesia, Tonga, Japan and Australia. In total 53 countries and territories are subject to tsunami warnings.
- So far, the death toll is 147 300. If you need to find someone in Chile or provide information about a person, Google has launched Person Finder: Chile Earthquake.
- To see pictures of the affected areas published through Twitter under the hashtag #terremotochile go to http://picfog.com/search/terremotochile
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