Koefs Chile News Today

This april 2nd. >> announcer: from abz, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> welcome in on this wednesday. we do begin this half hour with much of south america on high alert after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of chile. at least five people have been killed in the quake which earlier triggered tsunami watches and warnings for 11 south american countries. >> the quake measured a magnitude 8.2. it struck six miles beneath the ocean floor off the northern part...

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Keep the roads clear. >> u.s. officials are not expecting any tsunami to hit the coast of california, oregon, washington or alaska. a tsunami advisory has been issued for hawaii but it was largely a preindication. no flooding is expected and initial waves are expected to hit there this morning just before 9:30 eastern time. you will want to stay with abc news and abcnews.com as we cover the developments and the aftershocks in chile. our next updates are on "america this morning" as well as "good...

>> reporter: some roads were blocked by landslides caused by the quake. and there have already been close to a dozen aftershocks, including a 6.2 tremor and a 5.5 quake. most of the damage has been limited to houses made of adobe. while some injuries have been serious, most have been minor. waves measuring 6 1/2 feet struck chiles shores ahead of the tsunami. some 300 inmates escaped from a womens prison in one city and chiles military dispatched several forces to guard against looting. the quak...

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>> reporter: some roads were blocked by landslides caused by the quake. and there have already been close to a dozen aftershocks, including a 6.2 tremor and a 5.5 quake. most of the damage has been limited to houses made of adobe. while some injuries have been serious, most have been minor. waves measuring 6 1/2 feet struck chiles shores ahead of the tsunami. 300 minimum mates escaped from a womens prison in one city and chiles military dispatched several forces to guard against looting. the qua...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >> good monday -- wednesday, excuse me. its hump day. we begin this half hour with a powerful earthquake striking the koefs chile. >> there are reports of at least five people killed and numerous injuries. the quake measuring magnitude 8.2 struck six miles beneath the ocean floor off the northern part of the country, triggering small tsunamis forcing evacuations along the entire pacific coast. abcs ellen hugh...