chile earthquake - february 27,2010

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A map locating the epicentre of the huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake which has rocked Chile at 3:34 am local time, February 27, 2010. One of the largest earthquakes on record struck the South American nation hard, killing at least 214 people and leaving a trail of twisted buildings and sending tsunami waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean. (Click to advance slides)

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A map locating the epicentre of the huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake which has rocked Chile at 3:34 am local time, February 27, 2010. One of the largest earthquakes on record struck the South American nation hard, killing at least 214 people and leaving a trail of twisted buildings and sending tsunami waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean.

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Cars lie overturned after the highway they were travelling on was destroyed in an earthquake in Santiago.

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A resident of Talca, Chile, walks amid debris of a destroyed house after a powerful earthquake.

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Residents look at the body of a dead man lying in a street of Talca, some 275 kilometers south of Santiago.

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

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

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Smoke from a burning building fills the sky in the outskirts of Santiago.

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A resident takes photos of a building damaged in Talca, Chile.

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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.

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

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

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Rescue workers search for victims and survivors after an apartment complex collapsed in Concepcion some 100 km (62 miles) south of the epicenter.

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A survivor is lowered by a cable as rescue workers search for victims after an apartment complex collapsed in Concepcion, Chile.

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A man moves his belongings inside his home destroyed in an earthquake in Valparaiso.

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A man walks past a wrecked church in Santiago, Chile.

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People observe a highway and cars destroyed by an earthquake in Concepcion, Chile.

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Cyclists observe a bridge that collapsed in an earthquake in Concepcion, Chile.

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Vehicles sit on a destroyed motorway in Santiago.

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

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Residents look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile.

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A man carries a child next to a damaged building in Concepcion, Chile.

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A resident walks along a damaged street in Talca, Chile.

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An apartment block leans over after an earthquake in Santiago.

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An immigrant from Peru steps over debris after a major earthquake destroyed homes along Santo Domingo Street in Santiago.

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A man looks at the damage to the Accademy of Fine Arts building in Santiago.

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A man rides his bicycle past a destroyed building in Concepcion, Chile.

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A destroyed bridge is seen next to Talca some 300 km (186 miles) south of Santiago.

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A man carries a religious icon after an earthquake in Santiago.

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Fishing boats washed up by a wave generated by an earthquake are seen in Talcahuano Port, a city just outside Concepcion, Chile.

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Cyclists walk past shipping containers washed up by a wave caused by an earthquake in Talcahuano Port, a city just outside Concepcion, Chile.

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A policeman looks at cars washed against an apartment building by a wave generated by an earthquake in Talcahuano Port, near Concepcion, Chile.

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A man looks at rubble in Valparaiso, Chile.

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Talca, Chile.

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