Earthquake in Chile

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A thousand soldiers struggled to keep order in the earthquake-hit Chilean city of Concepcion, where about 160 people were arrested for breaking a curfew designed to curb widespread looting. Above, a view of rubble after a tsunami in San Antonio, Valparaiso, Chile.

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Rescue workers help an injured woman in Concepcion, 500 kilometers south of Santiago.

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Chilean Naval Bases in Talcahuano and Amar were damaged and the 8-year-old daughter of one seaman and the pregant wife of another were among the dead. Many of the vineyards in Chile's thriving wine industry have been damaged or destroyed. Above, people walk near boats that were taken ashore by a tsunami caused by a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Talcahuano, 20 kms from Concepcion, Chile.

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The walls of a hotel in Vina del Mar are seen destroyed.

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People look at destroyed cars at the "Puente Viejo" (old bridge) over the Biobio river, that links Concepcion and San Pedro de la Paz, 500 km south of Santiago.

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People walk past rubble in Concepcion.

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The rubble of a collapsed bridge is seen in Santiago after the earthquake.

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The walls and aisles of a pharmacy in Vina del Mar.

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Police officers and residents of Talca, Chile, search for victims in the rubble of a destroyed house.

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Map locates offshore epicenter in, Chile, where an earthquake has struck.

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People are seen looting a supermarket in Pueco, 10 kms from Concepcion, the day after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile early morning killing hudnreds of people, on February 28, 2010. The South American nation has been hit by numerous aftershocks, some reaching over 6 points on the Richter scale, and looters have ransacked stores, taking everything from boxes of food to plasma TV's.

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A man stands in the doorway of his Santiago home damaged by the earthquake.

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A car lies wrecked by the debris from a nearby building in Concepcion.

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President Obama speaks on Chile's earthquake outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

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Chilean President-Elect Sebastian Pinera stands next to destroyed cars at the "Puente Viejo" (old bridge) over the Biobio river, in Concepcion.

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A car is seen under a pile of rubble in Vina del Mar.

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A collapsed bridge over the Claro river is seen near the town of Camarico, Chile.

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Bachelet said she expected the death toll of 708 to rise as the first reports of terrible devastation on the coast began to surface. Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake spawned giant waves that engulfed seaside towns and villages. Here, a man carries a chair along train tracks.

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A woman sits in front a quake-damaged house in Talca, Chile.

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On Sunday, authorities fired teargas at the looters - forcing a pause in efforts to dig out survivors buried in the ruins of a toppled 15-story apartment tower. Guillermo Ramirez, regional military commander, sent soldiers with megaphones to warn the 500,000 inhabitants of Concepcion to stay indoors. Conjuring strong echoes of the dark days of the 1970s military coup, civilians were told that anyone found on the streets overnight would be arrested. "I would advise criminals not to mess with the armed forces," Ramirez warned the looters. Many residents risked arrest, sleeping in front of their homes for fear of aftershocks. Here, a building is seen destroyed at an intersection in Concepcion.

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Residents look at a collapsed building in Concepcion.

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A woman carries goods during looting a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday.

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A boat is seen laying next to a building after it was taken ashore by the tsunami.

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A police officer controls the traffic aside of an elevated highway that collapsed in Santiago.

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A damaged car is pictured next to rubble in Curico, 250 kilometers south of Santiago.

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People look at destroyed cars at the "Puente Viejo" (old bridge) over the Biobio river, that links Concepcion and San Pedro de la Paz, 500 kilometers south of Santiago.

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President Michelle Bachelet imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the two provinces closest to the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake and sent in the army to help the overwhelmed police. People walk in an area damaged by an earthquake, in Pelluhue, some 322 kms, about 200 miles, southwest of Santiago.

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Supermarkets in Concepcion, Chile's second city, have been ransacked and TV images show looters making off with refrigerators and plasma TVs. Gasoline was in especially short supply and at one closed service station, looters used long tubes of bamboo to siphon gas from the underground tanks. People fill bottles of water from an inflatable pool outside of a fire station in Concepcion.

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Vehicles that were driving along a highway that collapsed near Santiago are seen overturned on the asphalt.

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Bejamira Neira Zapata shows her sorrow while she pets her dog.

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People walk along a highway with a collapsed bridge in the background in the outskirts of Santiago.

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An overturned vehicle sits amidst rubble of a collapsed elevated highway in Santiago.

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A resident takes photos of a building damaged in Talca, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.

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Unconfirmed reports said 300 corpses were found in one coastal village alone. Above, a man pushes a coffin as victim's bodies are seen lined up at a gym in Concepcion, Chile.

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A car is seen under a pile of rubble in Valparaiso.

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A police officer and residents, carry a body from a destroyed house in Talca, Chile, some 275 kilometers south of Santiago.