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BCC reports on the massive earthquake that occurred in Chile yesterday. It was an 8.3- magnitude earthquake that killed at least ten people. The earthquake hit the town of Coquimbo in Chile and causes tsunami waves of 15 feet to hit the coast of the city. The Chilean coast was put on a tsunami warning immediately following the earthquake but the warning was lifted at 6:22 am local time. Jane Chambers- a journalist who was 80 miles away from Coquimbo during this tragedy- recalls her house shaking for over three minutes while the earthquake struck. Luckily, her house and the houses around hers had been built to endure the force of an earthquake and did not fall, but many of the building in Coquimbo were destroyed.

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