The "Idol" contender first tweeted: "Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!....I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!"
Followed by these subsequent tweets from Yamin detailing the moments as it happened:
"[Bleep]!!!!!! I take it all back everybody!!....I just escaped w my life,from an 8.3 earthquake!!!...is everybody ok?...where was the epicener?"
"Complete and utter choas on the streets...no power...my heart is beatin outta my chest!....tsunami warnin...I am only a mile inland!"
"Hey everybody...we r totally safe and sound 4 the time being...I'm finally calmer,and dawn is approaching,which will help!..thx 4 ur prayers."
"Oh [bleep]!!..here come some more aftershox....sweet jesus,and baby jesus!!"
Reports indicate that the earthquake is the largest to strike the country since a record-shattering 9.5 quake hit Chile in May 1960. The quake reportedly killed 1,655 people, according to the U.S. Geological Service.
A tsunami warning was reportedly issued for Chile and Peru shortly after the earthquake struck, though Yamin tweets: "Whoa!!...my bro just informed me that cnn is relayin my tweets!!...please knw that we r safe, and there is currently no threat of a tsunami."
Yamin traveled to Chile to perform in the Competencia Internacional music fest in Viña del Mar. The singer became a household name during the fifth season of "American Idol" when he placed third behind runner-up Katharine McPhee and winner Taylor Hicks.
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