智利发生特大地震 首都高楼摇晃电力中断
环球网消息，据路透社消息，当地时间27日凌晨，智利康塞普西翁地区发生里氏8.3级特大地震（美国地质勘探局将地震定为8.5级），智利首都圣地亚哥高楼摇晃，部分地区电力中断。
路透社报道说，目击者报道了圣地亚哥高楼摇晃和电力中断的消息。
太平洋海啸中心已向智利等三国发出海啸预警
环球网消息，据法新社报道，在智利发生里氏8.5级地震后，太平洋海啸预警中心已向智利、秘鲁和厄瓜多尔发出海啸预警。
Massive earthquake strikes Chile
A massive earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.8 has struck central Chile.
The quake struck at 0634 GMT about 91km (56 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and 317km south-west of the capital, Santiago.
Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between 10 and 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity and communications.
The US issued an initial tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and Ecuador.
That was later extended to Colombia, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica.
There is no information yet on any casualties.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake struck at a depth of about 35km.
Telephone lines and internet connections appear to have been damaged.
The USGS said: "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicentre within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours."
Mark Winstanley, who contacted the BBC from Vina del Mar, 100km north-west of Santiago, said buildings had shaken and electricity and phone connections were cut but he could see no structural damage yet.
Chile suffered the biggest earthquake of the 20th century when a 9.5 magnitude quake struck the city of Valdivia in 1960, killing 1,655 people.
POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES
Haiti, 12 Jan 2010: About 230,000 people die after shallow 7.0 magnitude quake
Sumatra, Indonesia, 26 Dec 2004: 9.2 magnitude. Triggers Asian tsunami that kills nearly 250,000 people
Alaska, US, 28 March 1964: 9.2 magnitude; 128 people killed. Anchorage badly damaged
Chile, south of Concepcion, 22 May 1960: 9.5 magnitude. About 1,655 deaths. Tsunami hits Hawaii and Japan
Kamchatka, NE Russia, 4 Nov 1952: 9.0 magnitude
BBC,快报：美国8.8级，据报道usgs修订为8.3,usgs网站没改。地震局里智利首都317KM，首都电和通信都中断。首都大楼摇晃得厉害10-30秒。估计损失严重。
张恒
图：摘自USGS网站。