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Right now, the information that were getting is very preliminary. we have assembled a team of editors and producers here at cnn who are watching all of that information, trying to assess the information. and so well be reporting that information to you as soon as we get it. but again, the latest information we have is that local media in chile is reporting that 47 people have died, but very preliminary information and another major concern is the tsunami that was generated as a result of this ea...

Thank you for that. we want to take you on the ground now and get more from orlando santos, the president of cnn in chile. he was thrown from his bed when this earthquake hit and he joins me now by phone. give us an update on exactly what you felt when this quake struck and where you are exactly. >> well, im in the middle of santiago in the cnn chile newsroom at the moment. as i told you earlier, it was about 3:34 and one moment im in bed and the next moment im on the floor and things are fallin...

So have to analyze the period from trough to crest and get that figured out. but its going to affect a lot of people. and the advisories posted for the north american coastline and what an advisory means heads up. they havent issued a warning. >> california, washington state, all the coastline. >> all the coastline. my guess is theres going to be some sort of sea level rise. but at this point they dont think theres going to be a wave that would be damaging or an inconvenience, but that may chang...

Latest video. >> that top ten list is astonishing. if you count on there chile as in four different places on that top ten list. number one, number five, tied for number seven, and then at number ten. >> ill say the flip side to that is that weve been seeing tweets from people in chile who say at least we have had a lot of these before. so in some ways, we know what it is like. and in a way, and rob can also speak to that very well. in a way that does mean that you have people who know about pre...

Ways from here back in 1960. >> beautiful, but obviously dangerous place to live, and were seeing the latter of the two. randy baldwin, thanks for your insight sir, well speak to you later in this morning. >> youre welcome. were joined by cnn latin american affairs. lets get more information about chile, earthquake history. and rafael, a as we just heard, the largest earthquake in recorded history did also occur in chile back in 1960. that was a 9.5 magnitude quake? >> thats exactly right. bac...

If its 8.8 hold, were talking easily one of the biggest in recorded history that goes back a century. we have this map for you at cnn.com, which is important to keep in mind. this shows you the most powerful quakes ever, but theyre not the same as the deadliest quakes ever. and thats something well be talking to you about during the day today. how powerful the quake is does not automatically translate into one of the deadliest. depends on where it hit, how close to a population center, and the s...

Were not going. itll be interesting to see if they resume and are going. at this point its a mixed bag, unclear. >> cnns soledad obrien in miami hoping to board a flight very shortly to santiago, chile. and if we hear anymore, of course, soledad, do give us a call. in the meantime, we continue to follow this massive 8.8 earthquake that simply rocked chile overnight. >> thats for sure. people now trying to find out if they have loved ones down there. are they okay? so were going to try to dig f...

Rough time getting around. the president of cnn chile told us it lasted about 45 seconds. cnn tapping into its worldwide resources, nobody can cover this international event like we can. and now my friends in north america and the u.s., this is going to affect you, as well. from hawaii to potentially the west coast in the form of a tsunami. lets get on the phone now with barry herrshman. barry, can you give us some perspective here? i think the biggest question we have is how large of a wave do ...

Basin and its going to affect even more people. >> yeah, we have a tsunami wave recorded as high as 9 feet. thats just giving us early indications of what folks there are dealing with. lets get more now from cnns international. give us an update when it comes to the aftershocks that we understand could last up to weeks. >> as we saw with haiti, they can for hours and days and continue to weeks. but i want to talk about the tsunami situation here because i must tell you that this is something you...

Officers, emergency services are working in this community. [ speaking in spanish ] >> all right. weve been listening to our broadcast out of cnn chile. and i want to get you caught up now on what we know. at least 78 people are now dead. show this number continues to rise by the minute, it seems here at cnn as were getting new information. all of this from an 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck central chile overnight, happened around 3:30 a.m. local time. a lot of people at home asleep when t...