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Chile quake kills five, triggers tsunami

One million people evacuated from coastal areas

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, September 17 - At least five people died in Chile on Wednesday evening in a powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake that triggered tsunami waves measuring over four metres along the northern Pacific coast.
    A million people were evacuated from coastal areas as a preventive measure in the wake of the quake whose epicentre was located approximately 200 km north of the capital Santiago. The earthquake was also felt in Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil and Peru.
   

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