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The New South Wales State Emergency Service has issued a tsunami warning ranging from Point Danger to broken bay area of the NSW coastline for Sunday. The tsunami according to authorities originated under water and extremely close to Central Chile, which was hit with an earthquake cited at 8.8 magnitude on the richter scale early on Saturday.

At the time of this post the death toll is 76 and rising. Considering that the disaster struck Chile at 3:36am, most Chileans being asleep may not have gained the opportunity to escape to safety. Thus the casualties are expected to be extemely high.

According to a report New York Times has stated that Facebook and Twitter users have reported feeling the earthquake in locations such as Argentina and Japan.

For more information visit the NSW SES website here.