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This Article is From Apr 03, 2014

Peru issues tsunami alert along southern coast after 7.8 quake strikes Chile

Peru issues tsunami alert along southern coast after 7.8 quake strikes Chile
Fishing boats washed ashore by a small tsunami, sit in Caleta Riquelme, adjacent to the port, in the northern town of Iquique, Chile, after magnitude 8.2 earthqauke struck the northen coast of Chile, Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Lima: Peru issued a tsunami alert along its southern coast after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile, the Peruvian Navy said via Twitter on Wednesday.

The U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the earthquake - the strongest of several aftershocks since a massive quake rocked the region on Tuesday - to 7.8 after initially reporting it had a magnitude of 7.4.There were no initial reports of damages in Peru.

© Thomson Reuters 2014

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