{"id":152331,"date":"2015-09-17T07:09:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152331"},"modified":"2015-09-17T07:09:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T07:09:03","slug":"strong-chile-earthquake-sets-off-tsunami-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/strong-chile-earthquake-sets-off-tsunami-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Chile earthquake sets off tsunami waves"},"content":{"rendered":"
A powerful earthquake has hit central Chile, causing buildings to sway in the capital Santiago, officials say.<\/p>\n
The 8.3-magnitude tremor was centred off the coast, about 144 miles (232km) north-west of the capital.<\/p>\n
Five people are now known to have died, and one million residents have been evacuated from coastal areas. There were reports of panic in some cities.<\/p>\n
The earthquake produced waves of up to 4.5m (15ft) along the coast in the region of Coquimbo.<\/p>\n
The tremor struck at 19:54 local time (22:54 GMT), about 55km west of the city of Illapel, the US Geological Survey said.<\/p>\n
Officials said it was at the depth of about 10km (six miles).<\/p>\n
Several strong aftershocks were reported just minutes later.<\/p>\n