Thursday, October 8, 2015

Coast of Chile hit by 8.3 Magnitude of earthquake.

  • Atleast Eleven people have been killed and 1 million evacuated from their homes after a 8.3 magnitude earthquake –the strongest earthquake of this year in the World.
  • More than 500 houses were damaged due to the earthquake.
  • Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile declares a state of emergency in a central region struck by a powerful earthquake.
  • Coquimbo, close to the epicentre, saw tsunami waves of 4.7m (15ft) heightafter the powerful earthquake.
  • Small tsunami waves were felt along the west coast of the Canada and also in US. One-metre (3ft) wave also reached in Hawaii.

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