“..Chile earthquake kills 122 and triggers tsunami..”

“..A massive earthquake has hit the coast of Chile, killing scores of people, flattening buildings and triggering a tsunami.

The 8.8-magnitude quake, the country’s largest in 25 years, shook the capital Santiago for a minute and half at 3:34am (6:34am GMT) today.

A tsunami warning has been extended across 53 countries, including most of Central and South America and as far as Australia, Hawaii and Antarctica.

The wave has already caused serious damage to the sparsely populated Juan Fernandez islands, off the Santiago coast ..

.. and is now travelling across the ocean at several hundred km per hour..”

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