Teenagers blamed for tsunami false alarm
Teenagers who ran along a Chilean beach claiming a giant tsunami was on its way are being blamed for the panic that sent thousands of people fleeing their homes in a chaotic stampede in the middle of the night.
Government officials were also trying to draw some lessons from the chaotic situation when nearly 15,000 people fled their homes on foot and vehicles in Concepcion, Chile’s third largest city, 350 miles south of Santiago, and nearby towns.
