Saturday, February 27, 2010

Earthquake hits Chile, triggers tsunami in Hawaii

NYTimes:
A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, shaking the capital of Santiago for 90 seconds and sending tsunami warnings along much of the Pacific basin. [. . .] The Associated Press quoted the Chile President Michele Bachelet as saying that a huge wave had swept into a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, 410 miles off the Chilean coast, but there were no immediate reports of major damage there.



And LIVE: HAWAII BRACES FOR TSUNAMI

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