An elderly person is evacuated from a shelter after a tsunami alarm at Antofagasta city

An elderly person is evacuated from a shelter after a tsunami alarm at Antofagasta city

An elderly person is evacuated from a shelter after a tsunami alarm at Antofagasta city, north of Santiago on the southern Pacific coast, April 1, 2014. A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami that hit the northern part of the country. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was shallow at 12.5 miles below the seabed and struck about 100 km northwest of the mining port of Iquique near the Peruvian border. Picture taken April 1, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (CHILE – Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)