{"id":369917,"date":"2010-02-27T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chile-struck-my-massive-88-magnitude-quake-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-27T04:16:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T09:16:00","slug":"chile-struck-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/369917","title":{"rendered":"Chile Struck By Massive 8.8 Magnitude Quake"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chile was struck by an enormous 8.8 magnitude quake Saturday, which was luckily 200 miles from Santiago.<\/p>\n

Still, tsunami warnings have been issued on the coast:<\/p>\n

Reuters:<\/a><\/p>\n

A tsunami warning was issued for Chile and Peru by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and a tsunami watch was issued for Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and Antarctica.<\/p>\n

Soon after, the U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had generated a tsunami that may have been destructive along the Chilean coast near the epicenter. The USGS said the earthquake struck 56 miles northeast of the city of Concepcion at a depth of 34 miles at 3:34 a.m.\/1:34 EST.<\/p>\n

Its magnitude was initially reported at 8.3 then 8.5. An earthquake of magnitude 8 or over is classified as a “great” earthquake that can cause “tremendous damage,” according to the USGS website.<\/p>\n

The earthquake that devastated Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on January 12 was rated at magnitude 7.0.<\/p>\n

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