An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2010 Chile earthquake">earthquake</a> measuring 8.8 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moment magnitude scale">moment magnitude scale</a> strikes central parts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" id="mwAW8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chile">Chile</a> leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.