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People shared some unnerving images and videos of Chile's earthquake

Dave Mosher, Kelly Dickerson, and Jennifer Welsh

2015-09-17T02:12:00Z

A massive massive earthquake rattled Chile at 7:55pm local time on Wednesday evening.

The quake's center was about 142 miles north of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and registered a magnitude of 8.3. That’s close enough to Santiago and strong enough that buildings swayed violently under the force.

A tsunami is also reported to have struck the coast of Chile, and a tsunami advisory was in effect for Hawaii and other areas of the Pacific Ocean late Wednesday night.

As the dust settled, Chilean users of Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other social media sites started posting images and video of the event.

Keep scrolling to see what it was like to be in the middle of Chile's powerful quake.

The earthquake was powerful enough to knock items off of shelves in this grocery store.

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A construction worker took these photos of an empty mall in La Serena that appears to be badly damaged by the quake.

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Most people who captured the quake when it struck seemed to be shopping.

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The chaotic scene was similar in a home goods store.

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— Daniela Fernanda V (@DaanyFeernandaV) September 17, 2015

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The woman who filmed this clip was caught by surprise in the fitness area of a department store.

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Signs swung and buses jostled at a Chilean airport.

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An entire office building swayed, rattled, and creaked from the 45th floor.

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After a small tsunami arrived, this Twitter user caught the aftermath but reported no major damage.

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There was a similar scene in Coquimbo, about 100 miles north of Santiago.

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