April 1, 2014 Tsunami: Northern Chile

Reference #10882:

On Tuesday night [April 1], almost one million people living along Chile's 4,000 mile coastline were quickly evacuated to higher ground-including residents of Easter Island more than 2,000 miles from the coast-shortly after the earthquake late Tuesday night following tsunami warnings.

Reference #10901:

Tuesday's tsunami, which followed the 8.2 magnitude earthquake, was just as a "high tide," Galleguillo added [mayor of Alto Hospicio]. Alto Hospicio is about a mile southeast from Iquique, some 60 miles southeast from the epicenter of the quake.

Reference #10965:

Onemi described an increase in the swell of up to two meters between Arica and Quintero, which forced the evacuation of thousands of people. Until one in the morning, the sea inundated up to three blocks of the coastal border in Iquique.

The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (Shoa) set off the alert and alarm for the coast of the nation, also an alarm that reached Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Hawaii. Eventually, the alarm was reduced to only span Chile and Peru.

Reference #10972:

Tsunami alerts were set off in Chile and various countries such as Peru, Ecuador,and Honduras.

Reference #10968:

Two boats suffered considerable damage in Iquique.

Reference #10976:

Up to 80% of fishermen lost their boats after waves hit some areas of the coast of Chile [Iquique], after the earthquake of magnitude 8.2, that hit more than a month ago.