SANTIAGO, Chile --A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake hit off Chile's northern coast Wednesday night, causing buildings to sway in Santiago and bringing flooding from small tsunami waves in some ...

Coastal cities evacuate as tsunami waves lash the shore. April 1, 2014 — -- A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 struck off the coast of Chile tonight, strong enough to ...

Chile's Antarctic Institute told Reuters that bases there were also being evacuated. A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas within 185 miles of the epicenter soon after the quake.

A "massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, prompting tsunami warnings across the Pacific.

(See pictures of the earthquake in Chile.) If so, it’s a perplexing misstep by a country that has seen what kind of tsunami an earthquake this strong can hurl — as it did in 1960, when a 9.5 ...

Tsunami warnings in Chile were lifted early Thursday. It appeared that Wednesday's quake had a much smaller impact than the more powerful 2010 tremor.

Authorities in Chile have expressed regret for spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica. On Saturday ...

The tsunami could hit the coast of Chile by 18:55 p.m. UTC (2:55 p.m. ET), nearly six hours after the major quake. "The speed of tsunami waves depends on ocean depth rather than the distance from ...

Valpariso, Chile, roughly 200 miles north of the quake's epicenter, experienced a tsunami topping 8 feet, while Robinson Crusoe Island, 400 miles offshore, was struck by a wave that reportedly ...

Chile earthquake: Tsunami warning triggered, thousands evacuated and six killed as area declared a disaster zone. In the city of Iquique, around 300 inmates escaped from a women's prison.

Authorities in Chile have expressed regret for spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica. On Saturday ...