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On September 16th, 2015, an earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale shook
Chile between the Atacama and La Araucania regions. The National Emergency Office
(ONEMI, per its Spanish acronym) issued a tsunami warning for the entire Chilean coastal
area, evacuating over 600,000 people. ONEMI reports that approximately 681,484 people
were affected as a result of the earthquake, and has declared the Coquimbo region
as a disaster area. |