CNN CNN Newsroom January 2, 2011
this is what we would call a major quake and capable of causing quite a bit of destruction near the epicenter. so far we don't have any reports of major damage or any injuries. it's been a couple of hours, so that's a little bit of good news. here's the location. this is about 45 miles away from temuca. this was on the land, not over the water so no real tsunami threat. about 91,000 people live within the area of severe shaking. and we do know shaking was felt as much as 400 miles away. we were also able to get in contact with a hotel operator that was in temuco and they reported the...