The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a six-foot tsunami hit Pisagua, Chile, at 8:04 p.m. ET. There was some damage reported on roads linking northern towns between Iquique and Alto Auspicio.

SANTIAGO, Chile - Authorities lifted tsunami warnings for Chile's long coastline early Wednesday after a magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck the South American nation's northern coast.

The strongest earthquake ever recorded on Earth happened in Chile — a magnitude-9.5 tremor in 1960 that killed more than 5,000 people. WEST COAST TSUNAMI TRACKING: Tsunami Alerts & Maps ...

Chile's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA) issued a warning that tsunami waves could reach coastal areas within hours, prompting swift evacuation actions in southern cities.

A tsunami after a magnitude-9.5 quake that struck Chile in 1960, the largest earthquake ever recorded, killed about 140 people in Japan, 61 in Hawaii and 32 in the Philippines.

It also holds the record for the largest earthquake ever recorded, a magnitude 9.5 earthquake in 1960 located in southern Chile that generated a tsunami that devastated Hilo Bay, Hawaii.

By Mark Memmott A "massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday" the Associated Press writes, "killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and setting off a tsunami." ...

This time-lapse animation simulates how waves caused by the magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Chile on April 1 spread across the Pacific Ocean over 30 hours. The animation really highlights the reach of ...