(N.Morgan) A massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake rocked off the coast of northern Chile, leaving 5 dead and displacing 80,00 people, on Tuesday. The Chilean navy said the the tsunami hit about 45 minutes after the quake. Chile’s emergency ministry ONEMI said there have been reports of landslides causing some blockage on roads and highways. In Iquique, four men reportedly died of heart attacks and in the municipality of Alto Hospicio one woman was crushed to death when a wall collapsed.
The country’s president, Michelle Bachelet, has declared the region around the epicenter a “disaster zone” and praised Chile’s emergency services for their swift response to the crisis.
This latest massive quake again proves there’s major activity going on beneath the surface of the Earth. There’s mass rumblings and more quakes to come.