An Earthquake has hit Central Chile, in the capital city Santiago causing buildings to sway, about five people have been reported fear dead.
According to security officials, the earthquake had about 8.3-magnitude tremor and was centred off the coast, about 144 miles north-west of the capital.
The incident has forced about one million residents to be evacuated from coastal areas.
The earthquake produced waves of up to 4.5m (15ft) along the coast in the region of Coquimbo.
The U.S geological survey reported that the said tremor struck at 19:54 local time (22:54 GMT), about 55km west of the city of Illapel.
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