Powerful Quake Shakes Chile and Peru · Global Voices
Juan Arellano

Image taken from @24HorasTVN Twitter account
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A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile and southern Peru, as well as neighboring areas in Bolivia, during the early evening of Tuesday, April 1, 2014, triggering a tsunami warning for the coastline.
Six people died in Chile, including one Peruvian man. In Peru, there were no reports of significant damage in the three cities where the temblor shook with the most intensity – Tacna, Moquegua and Arequipa.
Peruvians took to Twitter during and after the shaking. There, some said the city of Tacna was without electricity due to electric poles falling over:
En la ciudad de #Tacna se sintió fuerte el movimiento, la ciudad esta sin energía eléctrica #AlertaNoticias
— Danitza Lawless (@danitza_pf) April 2, 2014
In the city of Tacna, the movement was strong, the city has no electric power.
A report from La Linterna Radio provided more details:
Reporte desde #Tacna a raíz del fuerte sismo que se ha sentido hace instantes https://t.co/WsgiyWVooG
— La Linterna Radio (@LalinternaP) April 2, 2014
Report from Tacna as a result of the powerful earthquake felt seconds ago.
Reportedly, there was no electricity or mobile phone service in Moquegua:
Regiones Tacna y Moquegua sin luz. Servicios de telefonía celular de Movistar y Claro se han caido tras terremoto… http://t.co/l2J5EiECHW
— Pulso Noticias GG (@pulsonoticias_G) April 2, 2014
Regions of Tacna and Moquegua without electricity. Movistar and Claro cellphone services have collapsed after the earthquake…
From Chile came reports of evacuation from cities along the northern coast in anticipation of a possible tsunami:
LO ÚLTIMO – Evacuación en el norte de Chile se realiza con tranquilidad, según reporta corresponsal en Arica. pic.twitter.com/2Rm7qgKPqb
— 24 Horas (@24HorasTVN) April 2, 2014
LATEST NEWS – Evacuation in northern Chile carried out calmly, according to our correspondent in Arica.
EN FOTOS: Así se evacuan las costas de Chile ante Alarma de Tsunami: http://t.co/pr3wv1hlQB pic.twitter.com/uSYH8KTwYB
— 24 Horas (@24HorasTVN) April 2, 2014
PICTURES: This is how Chile's coasts are being evacuating due to the tsunami alert.
Likewise, there was also an evacuation order in Peru for several cities in the south of the country:
URGENTE: Ordenan evacuación de costa sur peruana: Arequipa, Ica, Tacna #Tsunami #Terremoto
— Ferjok Josp (@Ferjosp) April 2, 2014
URGENT: Order of evacuation for Peruvian coastline: Arequipa, Ica, Tacna.
URGENTE – SISMO EN CHILE: Autoridades de Perú le dicen a la agencia AFP que se está evacuando a población en el sur del país.
— World News Update (@AlertaNews24) April 2, 2014
URGENT – EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE: Peruvian authorities tell AFP that they are evacuating the population in the country's south.
URGENTE – SISMO EN CHILE: Cerrados accesos a Costa Verde desde San Miguel, Magdalena, San Isidro, Miraflores y Barranco en Lima.
— World News Update (@AlertaNews24) April 2, 2014
URGENT – EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE: Access closed to the [Lima coastline] Costa Verde from [the districts of] San Miguel, Magdalena, San Isidro, Miraflores and Barranco in Lima.
The first tsunami waves were reported to be arriving to the coasts of Ilo and Tacna in southern Peru:
Olas de Tsunami llegan a La Punta Callao a las 8:31 pm, Ica 7:39, a Tacna y Moquegua ya están llegando
— Patricio Valderrama (@patriciov) April 2, 2014
Tsunami waves arrive to La Punta Callao at 8:31 p.m., Ica at 7:39, Tacna and Moquegua already arriving.
Meanwhile in Chile, there were reports of aftershocks:
#CHILE: Al menos 5 réplicas de 5 grados tras el fuerte terremoto. Estos son los países con alerta de #tsunami: pic.twitter.com/9oKaJKsGVY
— C5N (@C5N) April 2, 2014
CHILE: At least five 5-magnitude aftershocks after powerful earthquake. These are the countries with tsunami alert.