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Chile quake offers tough lessons for US coast (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2010 file photo, vehicles sit overturned after a highway collapsed due to the earthquake near Santiago. Chile's advanced construction codes, bustling coastal cities, modern skyscrapers and veteran emergency services were all put to the test after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami on Feb. 27, lessons that California, Oregon and Washington have yet to fully learn despite deep experience with lesser quakes. ( AP Photo/David Lillo, File)AP - As the Easter earthquake shook Southern California, the state’s disaster management chief was thousands of miles away in Chile, examining what experts say is the best case study yet for how a truly catastrophic earthquake could impact the United States.


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