8.3 earthquake rocks Chile, tsunami alert issued

Updated On Sept 17, 2015 08:15 pm IST
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People stand and watch the ocean on Cerro Baron hill, in Valparaiso city after a mass evacuation of the entire coastline during a tsunami alert after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Chile on Wednesday. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 17, 2015 08:15 pm IST

People stand and watch the ocean on Cerro Baron hill, in Valparaiso city after a mass evacuation of the entire coastline during a tsunami alert after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Chile on Wednesday. (Reuters)

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A resident stays outside her house after an earthquake hit Chile's central zone, in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A resident stays outside her house after an earthquake hit Chile's central zone, in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters)

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Residents stay on the street outside their houses after an earthquake hit Chile's central zone, in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Residents stay on the street outside their houses after an earthquake hit Chile's central zone, in Santiago, Chile. (Reuters)

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A group of people who left their houses in Valparaiso, Chile after a tsunami alert was issued for the earthquake of 8.3 on the Richter scale. (EPA Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A group of people who left their houses in Valparaiso, Chile after a tsunami alert was issued for the earthquake of 8.3 on the Richter scale. (EPA Photo)

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The roof of a shop is pictured on the ground after it was dislodged by waves in Concon city. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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The roof of a shop is pictured on the ground after it was dislodged by waves in Concon city. (Reuters)

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People recover items from their destroyed shop caused by waves in Concon city after a mass evacuation of the entire coastline during a tsunami alert. (Reuters) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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People recover items from their destroyed shop caused by waves in Concon city after a mass evacuation of the entire coastline during a tsunami alert. (Reuters)

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A Chilean firefighter walks next to wooden debris after a tsunami wave reached the shore in the village of Con Con near Valparaiso, Chile, late on Wednesday. (EPA Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A Chilean firefighter walks next to wooden debris after a tsunami wave reached the shore in the village of Con Con near Valparaiso, Chile, late on Wednesday. (EPA Photo)

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Police patrol a debris strewn street in Valparaiso, Chile, after a tsunami, caused by an earthquake hit the area on Wednesday. (AP Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sept 17, 2015 08:15 pm IST

Police patrol a debris strewn street in Valparaiso, Chile, after a tsunami, caused by an earthquake hit the area on Wednesday. (AP Photo)

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