Quake triggers tsunami alerts
Hundreds dead as quake of magnitude 8.8 rocks region and triggers tsunami alerts.
Published On 28 Feb 2010
A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, producing powerful aftershocks and triggering a tsunami.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located off the coast in Maule, near the city of Concepcion, 320km from the capital of Santiago.
Al Jazeera’s Omar al-Saleh reports.
Source: Al Jazeera