Chile has declared threen northern regions hit by 8.2 magnitude earthquake to be disaster areas. The past 1, of April, an earthquake hitted Chile and created a lot of disaster all across some regions of the country. Until now, at least 5 people are known to be dead beacuse of the quake and also a lot of poeple has been evacuated from different areas. Officials said the dead included people who were crushed and awfully killed by collapsing walls, and also died of heart attacks.
Becuase of this earthquake many other safety measures have taken actions like the Tsunami alert, because there was a posibility. There were waves up to 2.1 meters that have destroyed some things. The people on the coasts were evacuated to higher grounds. Even streets between Chile and Peru were desserted following the tsunami alert.
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