BREAKING: 8.3 earthquake strikes Chile, tsunami warning issued

[Morphine Prince 109,645]

(CNN) - A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile's coast on Wednesday, according to a preliminary assessment from the U.S. Geological Survey.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

"Widespread hazardous tsunami waves are possible" along the coast of Chile and Peru, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Chile's national emergency agency issued a tsunami warning, encouraging people to remain calm and go to secure areas.

A strong aftershock could be felt in the country's capital, CNN sister network CNN Chile reported.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/16/americas/chile-earthquake/index.html

[Economy 52,837]

eish. hopefully no major tsunami

[JustPokeHerFace 2,564]

Praying for them. They don't deserve that; no country does. 

[Highway10 1,072]

Oh no

[HausofGabo 1,289]

thank you, I'm from Chile, it was so strong, I kinda freaked out trying to hold my two aquariums and cat at the same time, lol 

[malazam 15,710]

The tsunami warning was for Perú and Hawai too, the earthquake was felt in Argentina and Brasil too

[Morphine Prince 109,645]

Yeah, I read that! Also I didn't know there was a twitter account that reports all earthquakes around the world every day: https://twitter.com/NewEarthquake?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

 

[Jesse Pinkman 4,660]

thank you, I'm from Chile, it was so strong, I kinda freaked out trying to hold my two aquariums and cat at the same time, lol 

omg  glad you're okay

[Sister 9,907]

So scary, take care all and I will be praying for you to remain safe and no horrible tsunamis.

[lego 44,165]

Oh no  praying for everyone's safety.  

[JGD 12,098]

Doing some Googling and it's been reported that there has been rapid sea level change off the coast of Chile.  Hopefully it's not a big tsunami 

[Thomas P 18,479]

oh god.

Ip ray it doesn't happen

[Poker 3,770]

I live in Argentina and it was HUGE. People were so scared. I got SO SCARED. The worst thing is that it can happen again.

Praying for Chile. I hope you guys are safe <3

[NewYorkCity 10,536]

 hoping for the best for them  

[Alii 2,039]

That's so scary.