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If it's 8.8 hold, we're 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 they're not the same as the deadliest quakes ever. and that's something we'll 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 strength of the structures in that area. before we go, let me pop in here. some of the first twi...

Were not going. it'll be interesting to see if they resume and are going. at this point it's a mixed bag, unclear. >> cnn's soledad o'brien 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. >> that's for sure. people now trying to find out if they have loved ones down there. are they okay? so we're going to try to dig for those stories, as well. stay tuned with cnn for the latest on this breaking news. guys... t...

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. let's 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 you think this thing generated along the coast of chile? and how large of a wave can this thing be ...

Basin and it's going to affect even more people. >> yeah, we have a tsunami wave recorded as high as 9 feet. that's just giving us early indications of what folks there are dealing with. let's get more now from cnn's 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 don't see every day. the entire pacific basin is basically under a widespread tsunami warning. ...

Officers, emergency services are working in this community. [ speaking in spanish ] >> all right. we've 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 we're 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 this occurred. it is the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in