Breaking News! 8.8 Earthquake hits Chile

A massive earthquake hit Chile 325 kilometers southwest of Santiago at 3:34am (6:34am GMT) this morning. The said quake read 8.8 on the Richter Scale (Haiti's earthquake just had a magnitude of 7.0).

So far the death toll is at 78 and rising.

A tsunami alert has already been issued in the region and other areas around the Pacific Ring of Fire, such as Hawaii, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines.

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