Last night the tsunami hit some of the same coastal towns in the South. Talcahuano and Dichato were affected - two of the worst hit towns by the tsunami last year.
In Dichato there are reports that the water went up to 200 metres inland.
Puerto Viejo, in Caldera, a town in the North (that was not affected in last year's earthquake) had about 80 houses of fishermen destroyed when the waves hit.
In Iquique, in the North too, there were people on the beach sunbathing, hanging out, jogging, even surfing... before the alert was lifted. And even now they have lifted the alert they are still maintaining a state of evacuation of the beaches because the sea is still rising and falling metres. They interviewed one woman who was sunbathing who said that she didn't see why she shouldn't be on the beach. If she saw the waves coming she would run.
Meanwhile, off the coast of Mexico yesterday there was a strange phenomenon, whereby masses of fishes approached the beach. There are so many it looks like an oil slick. Apparently it was somehow linked to the tsunami/earthquake in Japan.
Still no news on the state of Reñaca and Valparaíso on the news... Going to have a twitter stalk to see if I can find any updates.
An article (in English) about the alerts in Latin America... Here on npr.org
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