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Massive quake hits Chile, triggers tsunami warning
At least 6 people died, and nearly 1 million were evacuated from the country’s northern coast after the government issued a tsunami warning.

“It’s usual to have tsunami alerts here,” said La Serena resident Mónica Bustamante Wagner, whose family was evacuated to higher ground. “Luckily, the tsunami this time didn’t hit as hard as in 2010, but there are many fishermen that lost their boats, and in some zones, the waves did flood some parts of towns.”