SANTIAGO, CHILE—A MASSIVE 8.8-MAGNITUDE EARTHquake struck Chile early Saturday, killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and setting off a tsunami. A huge wave reached a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, 660 kilometers off the Chilean coast, said President Michele Bachelet.
In the moments after the quake, people streamed onto the streets of the capital, hugging each other and crying.
“Never in my life have I experienced a quake like this, it’s like the end of the world,” one man told local television from the city of Temuco, where the quake damaged buildings and forced staff to evacuate the regional hospital....... read more>>
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