On 16 at 7:54 local time near by capital of santiago occurre 8.3 agnitude strong earthquake.
Because of strong earthquake warning was issued at coastal area and neighboring peru and also at hawaii.
At santiago city thousands of people together ran at strit from their shaking building.
The chile government unable to calculate damage and actual details due to lose communications network.
Initially the intended states USGS reported the magnitude 7.9 but immediately increased 8.3.
Acording to USGS the 5km epicenter was located in the coastal area of the pacific ocean about 228km north west of santiago.
The university of chile epiceter was 500km away from santiago towards north depth was estimated to be 11km.
Due this earthquake in the chile 1400 fall down capital of Argentina and also detact Buenos Aires raised strong vibration.
A few minutes after the earthquake at West two strong aftershocks of magnitude 6.0 greater were reported.
Chile government ordered the immediately evacuation of the coastal area due to tsunami risk.
The chile Pacific earthquake zone also called ring of fire and a large earthquake frequently occurres.
The strongest earthquake recorded happened in chile in 1960 when magnitude 9.5 more than 5000 people killed.
Recently a magnitude 8.8 quake in central chile in 2010 .
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