Chile's emergency office tweets that coastal evacuations are underway due to a possible tsunami spawned by a large earthquake off the coast.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the preliminary magnitude of the quake is 8.3, with an epicenter about 55 kilometers (34 miles) west of Illapel, Chile.
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