27 am local time, Chile, near Concepción province, a strong magnitude 8.8 earthquake has killed at least 78 people were killed. According to foreign reports, staff of the Argentine government have not been able to get in touch with the epicenter area.
It is reported that the epicenter of the situation on individual local government report referred to "the whole city was destroyed," the horrors, but no more detailed information.
After the earthquake, seismic experts have said that such a powerful earthquake is likely to lead to highly destructive tsunami. To guard against possible tsunami threat, the whole Central America and the Pacific countries and regions have issued a tsunami warning at all levels, be sure to "resolutely defending" to avoid the massive destruction caused by the tsunami after the earthquake.
In addition, the U.S. government said that the U.S. National Geological Survey of Chile has detected more than 20 times more than magnitude 5.0 aftershock at.
