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Witness location : Iquique (Chile) (97 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2979139 min

Strongest earthquake in the zone since the 2005 earthquake. Many houses and buildings were severely damaged.

Witness location : Iquique (Chile) (97 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2963566 min

I was in a 14th floor, everything in the apartment fell down. Many furniture were displaced. The lights went down. It was impossible to stand. The builing had visible and strong swaiying during the earthquake, the doors and free-hanging objects were violent swinging. It was like 2 earthquakes in 4 minutes, the first shake was the strongest. The building resisted the earthquake, although I noticed a small shift of the foundation. The tsunami fortunately was not very large, although it generated some damage on the coast of the city.

Witness location : Alto Hospicio (Chile) (99 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3380930 min

Fue muy fuerte, era imposible mantenerse de pie, todo objeto cayó, los muebles fueron desplazados varios centímetros.

Witness location : (Chile) (1517 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

The lamps moved around. We are 1500 km from epicenter