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 ...

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 ...

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Chile triggered a tsunami warning, prompting evacuations. The earthquake struck 218 km south of Puerto Williams, triggering tsunami alerts across the ...

Chile has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off its southern coast on Friday. The epicentre was under the sea 219km south of the Argentinian border town of Ushuaia, ...

Chile cancels tsunami alert after quake triggered evacuations in Antarctica and far south. By Alexander Villegas and Fabian Cambero. May 2, 2025 8:55 PM UTC Updated May 2, 2025 ...