A massive earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.8 has struck central Chile. http://tinyurl.com/earthquake-chile
The quake struck at 0634 GMT (3:34 a.m. local time) about 91km (56 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and 317km south-west of the capital, Santiago.
Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between 10 and 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity and communications.
The US issued an initial tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and Ecuador.
That was later extended to Colombia, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica.
