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An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck overnight, just after 3:30 a.m. local time. now, it is the most powerful quake to hit chile in nearly 50 years. the epicenter, near the city of concepcion, and that is about 212 miles southwest of the capital of santiago. now, concepcion is chile's second largest city with the metropolitan area population of about 670,000 people. there are 670,000 people, there are reports of at least 52 deaths in chile, but that num r number, unfortunately, is expected to rise. tsunami warnings have been issued for much of the pacific. and no word yet on any injuries, but we...

Bit better built than places like haiti but nonetheless this quake is stronger. concepcion itself, the second largest metro city in chile with 670,000 people for population. and right now we've got the death toll at 82. that number expected to rise. >> yes. there are reports also of people being trapped inside damaged buildings, the upper level of a parking deck has collapsed, trapping about 50 cars. so you can just imagine just the panic in that particular area. and also we are learning that the areas nearest to the epicenter, like concepcion, many of the facilities are just simply knocked ou...

Some extensive damage, buildings just crumbling, and the death toll, as rob said, is at 122, that coming from the president-elect of chile. this is one particular area, tallas city of concepcion has been this damaged as well. it's a pretty densely populated area, concepcion, because it has about 670,000 people. the question right now is how many have been injured or killed because of this earthquake. >> these pictures out of talca where there was definitely a local tsunami there. you see some of the water that's left over. >> right there, yeah. >> some of the flooding from that tsunami. this i...

Japan, australia. a tsunami, in fact, has already hit robinson crusoe island, which is about 400 miles off the coast of chile. >> we expect sirens to sound in hawaii within the hour to alert resident who is live along the coast to evacuate. those orders are in place right now. pictures from the epicenter or near the epicenter in concepcion about 200 miles southwest of santiago, showing some of that damage, which is widespread across that area. concepcion, for those who don't know, is a pretty big city. it's the second largest in chile with 670,000 people, and we have had reports of people trap...

Earthquake, betty, that has hit chile in nearly 50 years. the epicenter near the city of concepcion about 212 miles southwest of the capital of santiago. and it's chile's second largest city with a metropolitan area and population of about 670,000 people. there are reports of at least 52 deaths in chile, but that number is expected to rise. tsunami warnings now have been issued for pretty much the entire pacific basin. so we'll update you on that situation. no words on injuries in regards to tsunamis. we're also checking on damage to structures. we already know of a major north/south bridge da...