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Right now, the information that we're 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 we'll 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 earthquake, betty and rob. >> yes, there are watches and warnings that are out right now. as we look...

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, i'm 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 i'm in bed and the next moment i'm on the floor and things are falling around me, things are coming off the wall. as i was getting ready to go, and it lasted for a wh...

So have to analyze the period from trough to crest and get that figured out. but it's going to affect a lot of people. and the advisories posted for the north american coastline and what an advisory means heads up. they haven't issued a warning. >> california, washington state, all the coastline. >> all the coastline. my guess is there's going to be some sort of sea level rise. but at this point they don't think there's going to be a wave that would be damaging or an inconvenience, but that may change as they get ahold of this data and analyze a little bit more. >> we want to bring in new pict...

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. >> i'll say the flip side to that is that we've 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 preparations who know about response and there's positive things there. >> and hopefully the building...

Ways from here back in 1960. >> beautiful, but obviously dangerous place to live, and we're seeing the latter of the two. randy baldwin, thanks for your insight sir, we'll speak to you later in this morning. >> you're welcome. we're joined by cnn latin american affairs. let's 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? >> that's exactly right. back then, the number of people who died was 1,600. this time around, local media are reporting t...