(CNN; updated 9:35 AM EDT, Wed April 2, 2014) -- A mighty 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern Chile late Tuesday, triggering small landslides, cutting power and generating a tsunami.
The quake struck about 8:46 p.m. local time, some 60 miles northwest of Iquique. It had a depth of 12.5 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Hope Selgin and other forum members from Chile are doing okay.
Thank you very much, guys. I'm fine. The earthquake was in the northern part of my thin country (I'm in Santiago, closer to the half). I don't have too much information right now, but it seems it wasn't so rude as the last earthquake of 2010. Of course it's a tragedy, but there were a lot of smaller earthquakes this weeks, so people were expecting a bigger one any time soon. And the evacuation for an eventual tsunami worked well.
We've got family and friends over there too... thoughts are with you earthquake-buddy