Robinson Crusoe Island | Robinson Crusoe Island Tsunami
Robinson Crusoe Island is the largest island of the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago, the archipelago is made up of three islands, Robinson Crusoe, Alejandro Selkirk and the small Santa Clara. In earlier today A 3 meter tsunami wave hit on Saturday the Robinson Crusoe Island, following a powerful earthquake which struck Chile.
"A village on the island is half-flooded, people have been evacuated to higher elevations," the country's president, Michelle Bachelet said.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Latin American country in the early hours of Saturday. The tremor occurred some 89 kilometers (55.3 miles) to the north of Chile's second largest city Concepcion, some 341 kilometers (212 miles) from the capital of Santiago.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center put out a warning along the coastlines of Chile and Peru, and issued a tsunami watch for Colombia, Ecuador, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica.
"A village on the island is half-flooded, people have been evacuated to higher elevations," the country's president, Michelle Bachelet said.
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Latin American country in the early hours of Saturday. The tremor occurred some 89 kilometers (55.3 miles) to the north of Chile's second largest city Concepcion, some 341 kilometers (212 miles) from the capital of Santiago.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center put out a warning along the coastlines of Chile and Peru, and issued a tsunami watch for Colombia, Ecuador, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica.
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