The 2010 Chilean earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile on February 27, 2010, at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), with a magnitude of 8.8 and lasting about three minutes. This is one of the largest earthquakes the world has experienced. The cities experiencing the strongest shaking – IX (Ruinous) on the Mercalli intensity scale – were Talcahuano, Arauco, Lota, Chiguayante, Cañete, Talca, Concepcion, and San Antonio. The earthquake was felt in the capital Santiago at Mercalli intensity scale VIII (Destructive).
Following the 1960 Chile Earthquake (magnitude 9.5) NZ experienced tsunami waves and wave surges causing damage to some areas. Click on the link for further information.
Within a few hours of the recent earthquake New Zealand’s eastern coastline was put on Tsunami warning, with alerts for some regions expecting the Tsunami to hit our outer most Island (Chatham Island) about 07:00 (NZDT) with waves hitting NZ about an hour later. Waves up to 1.5m were recorded both at the Chathams and the eastern coastline throughout the morning (lucky it was low tide).
This is one of the you tube videos I found.