A tsunami alert was declared for the Chilean coast by the chilean government that, there are reports of some damages because of this new aftershocks but they are not serious, no deaths are reported.
By the way, today is the change of president in Chile so there were a lot of presidents from other countries in the ceremony at the time of the earthquakes.
Some link:
http://www.latercera.com/contenido/674_232928_9.shtml (Spanish)
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/11/chile.earthquake/index.html?hpt=T1 (English)
8.8 Earthquake in Chile, Pacificwide Tsunami Event
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