Chile earthquake: Past ‘American Idol’ finalist rattled by Chile earthquake

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Elliott Yamin came frighteningly close to the earthquake that struck central Chile early Saturday. The Season 5 ‘American Idol’ finalist had just performed at the Competencia Internacional in Viña del Mar, Chile, the largest music festival in Latin America, representing the United States with the song ‘Rock Around the Clock.’

Mere hours after his performance, Elliott tweeted, ‘Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!....I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!’

Clearly rattled by the magnitude of the quake, whose epicenter was near the town of Concepcion, 212 miles from the capital, Santiago, his next tweets described, ‘complete and utter chaos on the streets’ as the area completely lost power and a tsunami warning was issued. He wrote, ‘I am only a mile inland!’ About an hour later, as dawn was approaching, Elliott and crew had gathered outside, wrapped in blankets from their hotel rooms. ‘We’re all huddled on the street... No aftershox in a while,’ he tweeted, but three minutes later (about 12:30 a.m. PST), the ground was apparently shaking again.

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