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Man, daughter fall 13 floors in Chile quake (AP)

March 1st, 2010

People look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - When their 13th-floor apartment began to shake, Alberto Rozas pulled his 7-year-old daughter into the bathroom doorway and waited for it to stop.


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Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up (AP)

February 28th, 2010

People look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile’s shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers to quell looting. The death toll climbed…

Chile appeals for aid as quake toll surpasses 700 (AP)

February 28th, 2010

A woman stands in front of a damaged house after an earthquake in Pelluhue, some 322 kms, about 200 miles, southwest of Santiago, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - Chile’s president sent the army to help police attack looting on Sunday and appealed for international help in the wake of an earthquake that shattered cities and killed at…

Rescuers struggle to save lives after Chile quake (AP)

February 28th, 2010

Firemen work on a destroyed building in Concepcion, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010, after a devastating earthquake struck Chile early Saturday Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Rescuers edged their way toward residents trapped in a toppled apartment block early Sunday and survivors huddled around bonfires in the rubble of their homes as the death…

The Ring of Fire: Why Chile’s Quake Wasn’t Unexpected (Time.com)

February 28th, 2010

The remains of a hotel in Vina del Mar after part of it collapsed. One of the largest earthquakes on record struck central Chile hard Saturday killing at least 214 people, leaving a trail of twisted buildings and sending tsunami waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean.(AFP/Martin Bernetti)Time.com - Chile, which has had 13 major quakes since 1973, is part of the Pacific’s Ring of Fire, the most seismically dangerous land on the planet


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Chile was ready for quake, Haiti wasn’t (AP)

February 28th, 2010

People walk in the rubble left by last month's earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. A magnitude-7 earthquake struck Haiti last Jan. 12. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The earthquake in Chile was far stronger than the one that struck Haiti last month — yet the death toll in this Caribbean nation is magnitudes higher.


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Tsunami from Chile quake reaches Japan (AP)

February 28th, 2010

AP - The first tsunami from Chile’s earthquake has hit Japan’s outlying islands, but the initial waves are small.

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