March 14
People wait for food from a fellow resident in Santiago. Even though most of the city escaped serious damage in the Feb. 27 earthquake, some residents are still dealing with structural damage to their buildings. Cities throughout Chile were without power Sunday after a transformer failed in the country's main electricity grid.
Joe Raedle-Getty Images
March 14
People wait for the bus during a blackout in Vina del Mar, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago.
Eliseo Fernandez-Reuters
Buses drive on darkened streets during the blackout. Chile's main power grid will be unstable for the next seven days, President Sebastian Pinera said Monday.
Eliseo Fernandez-Reuters
March 14
People walk on the side of the road. Millions of Chileans were affected by the blackout. Electricity was gradually restored Sunday night.
Ivan Alvarado-Reuters
March 14
A car's lights illuminate a building during the blackout in Santiago.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
March 14
Residents use flashlights and candles to see in the dark outside their building.
Eliseo Fernandez-Reuters
Drivers fill up on gasoline in Santiago. "As it was the case following the earthquake on Feb. 27, in the next seven days we're going to have an unstable power system," President Sebastian Pinera said Monday.
Ivan Alvarado-REUTERS
March 11
People run after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in Valparaiso. Strong aftershocks hit the country Thursday as President Sebastian Pinera was sworn into office. Pinera urged coastal residents to move to higher ground.
Jorge Sanchez-AP
March 11
People flee in the wake of the aftershock. The Chilean Navy issued a tsunami warning that was later lifted.
Francisco Negroni-AP
March 11
People stand outside their homes. The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado initially estimated the aftershock's magnitude at 7.2. The temblor occurred along the same fault line as the Feb. 27 quake, the USGS said.
Francisco Negroni-AP
March 11
Earthquake survivors stand on a hill after a new aftershock struck nearby in Talcahuano.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-Reuters
March 11
Earthquake return home several hours after the strong aftershock triggered a tsunami alert in the port city of Talcahuano.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-Reuters
March 7
Earthquake survivors attend a mass in front of the damaged local church in Constitucion, south of Santiago. Some Chileans were still waiting for government aid on Saturday, a week after one of the strongest earthquakes on record struck the country.
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March 7
People in Constitucion pray together in front of the Parroquea San Jose church, closed because of damage caused by the earthquake. Food, water and electricity continue to arrive for those still in need.
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March 6
Mourners attend the burial of Maite Arredondo, a 14-year-old tsunami victim on Juan Fernandez island in southern Chile.
Rene Lescornez-AP
March 6
People walk past a damaged house in the fishing village of Caleta Tumbes, Chile. The village was damaged by waves following the earthquake.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 6
People take part in a prayer session in the coastal town of Caleta Tumbes.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 5
People inspect their earthquake damaged homes in Caleta Tumbes.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 5
Earthquake survivors in Talcahuano, Chile, sit chatting near a fishing boat that was washed onto dry land by a tsunami, A series of strong aftershocks rattled south-central Chile on Friday, panicking residents.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-REUTERS
March 5
Soldiers stand guard as people line up at a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile. Some stores reopened Friday.
Ricardo Mazalan-AP
March 5
Sailors patrol among earthquake debris in Caleta Tumbes, Chile.
Ricardo Mazalan-AP
March 2
Earthquake survivors await food rations as soldiers keep order in Constitucion. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Santiago on Tuesday promising extensive assistance to the ravaged nation.
Enrique Marcarian-Reuters
March 2
Food is distributed in Constitucion. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet sought to reassure her countrymen that shortages were unlikely.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 3
Residents of Constitucion line up for potable water. The coastal town's casualties account for nearly half the 800 deaths reported after the quake.
Daniel Caselli-AFP/Getty Images
March 3
Women prepare a meal outside a destroyed house in Constitucion. The coastal town was hard hit by the quake and the tsunami aftermath.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 3
Soldiers patrol as a man pushes a wheelbarrow in Lota. Military trucks and helicopters were deployed throughout devastated areas to deliver supplies and keep the peace.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
March 2
Music teacher Claudia Vergara examines her piano at the site where her house once stood in Constitucion.
Luis Hidalgo-AP
March 2
Cristian Arriagada stands outside the ruins of his house in Constitucion. The town of 40,000 was devastated by back-to-back natural disasters.
Roberto Candia-AP
March 3
Soldiers patrol the streets of Constitucion for looters and other signs of trouble.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 3
A Marine vessel searches for survivors along the shoreline in Constitucion. Aftershocks had people taking refuge in the hills in case of another tsunami.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 3
A woman is lifted onto a stretcher in Constitucion after suffering a panic attack related to a tsunami alert.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 3
In Talcahuano, people express relief that a tsunami alert passed without incident.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 3
Soldiers unload aid to distribute to survivors. "Be confident ... Chile is going to stand on its feet again," the nation's president said.
Mariana Bazo-Reuters
March 3
A tsunami alert provokes people into a run in Constitucion. Emergency officials and the military pointed fingers at each other for not clearly warning coastal villagers in the early hours after last weekend's quake.
Luis Hidalgo-AP
March 3
Soldiers keep a watchrful eye in Concepcion. They are enforcing a curfew between 6 p.m. and noon to discourage looting.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 3
Soldiers and firefighters unload aid in Dichato. The small fishing village north of Concepcion was destroyed.
Ricardo Mazalan-AP
March 2
Firefighters search for victims amid the debris in Curanipe, Chile, after an earthquake and tsunami struck Feb. 27. World governments made immediate pledges of aid after Chile said it needed help to handle the fallout from the earthquake which killed more than 720 people.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 2
Chilean army armored personnel carriers drive along the Juan Pablo II bridge in Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city. Chile has raised the number of troops dispatched to areas devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami to 14,000, President Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday, appealing to the public for calm amid widespread looting.
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March 2
A soldier checks a vehicle during a curfew imposed to quell looting in Concepcion, Chile, after a massive earthquake hit the country early Feb. 27, causing widespread damage.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
March 2
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, extends her arms as she is welcomed by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet at the airport in Santiago.
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March 2
Soldiers load a military plane with donated food at the international airport in Santiago.
Carlos Espinoza-AP
March 2
A road in Pelluhue, Chile, is left with a huge gap after Saturday's earthquake and tsunami.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 2
In Pelluhue, a Chilean flag sits amid the destruction caused by Saturday's earthquake and tsunami.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 2
A traveler rests as she waits for a flight to Santiago at the Tom Jobim International airport in Rio de Janeiro. Many travelers are stuck there awaiting flights to Santiago.
Sergio Moraes-Reuters
March 1, 2010
Police detain people on suspicion of looting in Concepcion, Chile.
Ricardo Pasten-AP
March 1, 2010
Earthquake victims lie in beds in a field hospital set up in Talca, Chile, after a major earthquake destroyed a large swath of the southern coastline.
Pilar Olivares-Reuters
March 1, 2010
A family sets up camp outside their Constitucion home, which was damaged in the earthquake.
Ivan Alvarado-Reuters
March 1
Aid workers sort clothing donations destined for victims of Chile's earthquake.
Reuters
March 1
A Curico resident stares up at the San Francisco de Curico church after it was damaged in the earthquake.
Eliseo Fernandez-Reuters
March 1,
A painting of Jesus Christ hangs from a damaged house in Iloca, Chile.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 1
Men clean up collapsed debris in the Chilean city of Parral, Chile, three days after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the country and killed more than 700 people.
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March 1
Middle-class residents prepare to evacuate a 3-year-old building in Santiago after it was destroyed by the earthquake. President Michelle Bachelet said she expected the number of deaths to increase, while her government admitted it had erred by failing to warn Chileans about the tsunami risk following Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake.
Daniel Caselli-AFP/Getty Images
March 1
Residents sit on a park bench surrounded by debris in Constitucion. Chile's government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless people in coastal towns devastated by the earthquake and tsunamis.
Ivan Alvarado-REUTERS
March 1
A resident douses himself with water from a fire hydrant in Talca, Chile. The city water system remains broken.
Mariana Bazo-REUTERS
March 1, 2010
A man with a bicycle walks past the destruction caused by waves in the coastal town of Iloca.
Eliseo Fernandez-REUTERS
March 1
Residents lament the loss of a relative who died in the earthquake in Constitucion, Chile.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-REUTERS
March 1
Soldiers stand guard as firemen fight a fire at a supermarket in Concepcion, Chile. Dozens of looters sacked and burned the market and a supply center after police fired tear gas while trying to disperse them.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
March 1
Chilean soldiers arrive to help after a major earthquake destroyed a large part of the southern coastline in Constitucion, Chile.
Ivan Alvarado-REUTERS
March 1
Survivors find food and shelter at a camp in Iloca, Chile.
Eliseo Fernandez-REUTERS
March 1
A resident inspects a car destroyed and abandoned in La Pezca, Chile.
Enrique Marcarian-REUTERS
March 1
People wait to catch groceries thrown at them from a supermarket window during sporadic looting in Concepcion, Chile. A regiment of 10,000 troops was deployed to control the looting. Security forces said they arrested dozens of people for violating an anti-looting curfew on Monday.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 1
A woman climbs over the debris of her destroyed house in Dichato, Chile.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 1, 2010
A woman passes a damaged home in Curico, Chile.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 1
Chilean Mario Lantano shows a picture recovered from his house in the Chilean city of Dichato, situated 30 km from Concepcion.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
March 1
The remains of a circus damaged by the earthquake in Iloca, Chile.
Fernando Vergara-AP
March 1
Victoria Hernandez cries outside her parents' house in Dichato, Chile. Hernandez believes her parents are alive though they remain missing.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
March 1
People wander among the wreckage after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake set off a tsunami that destroyed homes in such port cities as Talcahuano, Chile.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 1, 2010
Fishing boats come to rest on land after being hurled by a tsunami in Talcahuano, Chile.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 1
A man surveys the devastation in downtown Talcahuano, Chile, after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 1, 2010
A resident looks at a destroyed house in the seaside town of Constitucion, Chile, after the earthquake. The quake hit 200 miles southwest of the capital and the epicenter was just 70 miles from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city.
Roberto Candia-AP
March 1, 2010
Men sit in a street devastated by the tsunami in Talcahuano, Chile.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 1, 2010
Survivors of the Chilean earthquake wonder among the damage in Talcahuano, Chile.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
March 1, 2010
A man pushes a coffin as earthquake victims' bodies are lined up at a gym in Constitucion, Chile.
Roberto Candia-AP
Feb. 28
Relatives of victims of the earthquake cry outside a destroyed building in Concepcion.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28
A bus straddles a destroyed road in Talcahuano following a devastating earthquake that struck Chile early Saturday.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Chileans charge their mobile phones from one of the few working electricity points in their neighborhood after a major earthquake damaged Santiago's infrastructure.
Reuters
Feb. 28, 2010
People afraid of a tsunami camp in Talcahuano.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Rescue workers recover the body of an earthquake victim from a collapsed building in Concepcion.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28
People line up to fill containers with drinking water in Talcahuano, southern Chile. Residents in many areas hard-hit by Saturday's earthquake had no access to food, water or electricity.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Rescue workers look for earthquake victims in a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile. Police said more than 100 people died in Concepcion, the country's second-biggest city.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
People carry supplies along a street in Talcahuano, southern Chile. The earthquake in Chile by contrast had fewer casualties than the devastating earthquake of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, because its epicenter was near unpopulated coastal areas.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
People leave a wrecked building carrying their belongings in Valparaiso.
Felipe Gamboa-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
Passers-by observe the remains of a destroyed building in Concepcion, Chile. The country's past experience with a massive, deadly earthquake in 1960 helped forge strong building codes. While structural damage appears to be widespread, residents were largely able to evacuate safely.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
People survey a destroyed house after an earthquake in Curanipe, about 241 miles southwest of Santiago.
Roberto Candia-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Residents use wood debris to walk over a highway cracked by the earthquake, in Pelluhue. Chilean officials informed that at least 1.5 million citizens were affected, and that half a million homes were severely damaged.
Ivan Alvarado-Reuters
Feb. 28, 2010
Soldiers stand guard in the streets of Talcahuano, Chile.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Residents inspect debris left by the aftermath of the earthquake. The South American nation has been hit by numerous aftershocks, some reaching over 6 points on the Richter scale, as well as heavy damages in coastal towns resulting from subsequent tsunamis.
Reuters
Feb. 28, 2010
A man sits among his belongings a day after the tsunami hit Pueco, about six miles from Concepcion.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
Women cover their faces Sunday after police fired tear gas to stop looting in Concepcion. A huge earthquake in Chile damaged the country's infrastructure and triggered looting by desperate and hungry residents.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Rescuers use shovels and sledgehammers to find survivors. The earthquake Saturday affected 1.5 million Chileans.
Reuters
Feb. 27, 2010
Chile's President Michelle Bachelet looks down at the destruction in Concepcion, about 60 miles south of the quake's epicenter.
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Feb. 28, 2010
In Pelluhue, about 200 miles southwest of Santiago, neighborhoods remained flooded. Officials said about 500,000 homes were severely damaged in the Chile earthquake.
Roberto Candia-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Residents in Pelluhue, about 200 miles southwest of Santiago, had no place to go after the quake damaged bridges and roads.
Roberto Candia-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
People wait for supplies in front of a Concepcion supermarket after the quake left many Chilean residents without food or shelter.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
People take supplies from a Concepcion supermarket. Police used a water cannon and tear gas to disperse looters in the city.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
After the quake, people scrounged for supplies in Concepcion. Authorities used tear gas to stop looting in the city.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Police officers detain a man during looting in Concepcion. At one supermarket, people had forced open its doors and hauled away diapers, dehydrated milk and a kitchen stove.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
People draw fuel from an underground tank at a gas station in Concepcion.
Natacha Pisarenko-AP
Feb. 28, 2010
Concepcion residents try to force their way into a supermarket to buy food and essentials as police try to keep order.
Reuters
Feb. 27, 2010
Salvation Army volunteers provide coffee to people who spent the night on the streets as aftershocks shook Santiago.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
People take items from a supermarket in Pueco, about six miles from Concepcion. Looters have ransacked stores, taking food and plasma TVs.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
A Chilean soldier stands guard as people take items from a supermarket in Concepcion, which has a population of more than 200,000 people and is the largest city near the quake's epicenter.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
The earthquake generated waves that caused flooding in Pelluhue, which is on the coast and close to the quake's epicenter.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-Reuters
Feb. 28, 2010
A rescue worker tries to enter the bottom floor of a damaged building in Concepcion. Rescuers used shovels and sledgehammers to find survivors.
Reuters
Feb. 27, 2010
The collapse of a footbridge caused major delays on the Panamerican Highway in Curico.
Ivan Alvarado-Reuters
Feb. 28, 2010
A Pelluhue resident sweeps his home after the massive earthquake.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-Reuters
Feb. 28, 2010
Two men stand in front of a destroyed building in Concepcion. Many of the streets were littered with rubble from edifices, and inmates escaped from a prison.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Feb. 27
People survey the damage at the "Puente Viejo" (old bridge), which spans the Biobio River and links Concepcion to San Pedro de la Paz, which is about 300 miles south of Santiago.
Francesco Degasperi-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27
A building burns on the outskirts of Santiago. The massive quake plunged much of the Chilean capital into darkness as it snapped power lines and severed communications.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27
Evacuees on the street watch reports about the latest quake developments in Santiago.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 27
Evacuees in Santiago sit outside and watch television to learn more about the impact of the earthquake. President Michelle Bachelet declared a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2010
Filipino residents in the coastal city of Tandag, Surigao del Sur, flee to higher ground as officials notified residents of a possible tsunami in the Philippines.
Erwin Mascarinas-AP
Feb. 27, 2010
Rescue workers pull a survivor out of the rubble in Concepcion, 70 miles from the epicenter of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Chile.
AP
Feb. 27, 2010
Waves generated by the earthquake washed up fishing boats in the port of Talcahuano, near Concepcion.
Reuters
A bicyclist pauses to look at a destroyed building in the devastated city of Talca in central Chile.
Roberto Candia-AP
Relatives of Chileans who live on remote Robinson Crusoe Island wait in Valparaiso for the arrival of an air force plane carrying islanders who were injured by 10-foot tsunami waves.
Eliseo Fernandez-Reuters
Residents take food and other items from a market in the port of Talcahuano, just outside Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city.
Reuters
Residents walk past a shipping container that was washed up by a wave in the port of Talcahuano in central Chile. Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake unleashed tsunami waves that coursed across the Pacific, prompting alerts in dozens of countries.
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Chileans walk their bikes past shipping containers that were washed ashore in Talcahuano Port. Massive waves stirred up by the earthquake caused several casualties in Chile.
Reuters
A woman carries her belongings in Valparaiso after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the country Saturday. The massive quake plunged much of the Chilean capital, Santiago, into darkness.
Jorge Amengual-AFP/Getty Images
A building in Concepcion, 70 miles from the epicenter, was broken in two from the sheer power of the earthquake.
-Associated Press
Rescue workers help a man get out of a building that collapsed in Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city.
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A man attempts to move a beam inside a house in Valparaiso heavily damaged by the earthquake.
Felipe Gamboa-AFP/Getty Images
A young boy stands among the wreckage in a house in Valparaiso.
Felipe Gamboa-AFP/Getty Images
The damage was widespread in Valparaiso, with collapsed buildings, downed power lines and large cracks in the streets.
Eliseo Fernandez-Reuters
Much of the modern construction in Santiago was built to withstand powerful earthquakes, the result of a devastating temblor in Chile a half-century ago. But the 8.8-magnitude earthquake Saturday still caused significant and widespread damage.
Martin Bernetti-AFP/Getty Images
A man carries a child in Concepcion. At least 300 people have died as a result of the destruction, but the death toll won't approach that in Haiti because of a combination of modern construction and an epicenter that was farther away from an urban area than the one that struck Port-au-Prince in January.
Associated Press
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet talks to a military officer and her security chief in Talca after the earthquake.
Sebastian Martinez-Associated Press
President Obama pledged that the United States would help Chile and urged Americans on the West Coast to heed warnings of a possible tsunami, and be prepared for dangerous waves and currents throughout the day.
Alex Brandon-AP
Cars were overturned and overpasses collapsed in parts of the country Saturday, similar to this photograph of the destruction in Santiago.
Carlos Espinoza-AP
A man looks at a collapsed road in Santiago.
Carlos Espinoza-AP
A highway near Santiago collapsed during the 8.8-magnitude earthquake early Saturday. The quake killed at least 300 people, toppled buildings and triggered tsunami warnings in parts of Asia, Australia and Hawaii.
David Lillo-AP
A dog stands in the debris of a collapsed wall on a street in central Santiago early Saturday.
The quake hit 200 miles southwest of the capital and set off a tsunami that threatened many Pacific Ocean nations and Hawaii.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
Residents look at the damage in Santa Cruz following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was 70 miles from Concepcion, Chile's second-largest city.
Mario Vilches -AFP/Getty Images
A police officer and residents carry a body from a destroyed house in Talca.
Sebastian Martinez-AP
Debris is seen in the middle of the street in Santiago after a powerful earthquake struck. The massive quake plunged much of the Chilean capital into darkness as it snapped power lines and severed communications.
Aliosha Marquez-AP
A car is seen under a pile of rubble in Valparaiso after a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile early Saturday. People in pajamas fled into the streets.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
A resident takes photos of a building damaged in Talca on Saturday. Many of the adobe mud and straw buildings in the town's historic center collapsed.
Sebastian Martinez-AP
Residents stand near a body trapped under the rubble of a collapsed house in Talca. The quake caused walls and roofs to collapse and destroyed roads.
Sebastian Martinez-AP
Two women sit by a fire with their dog next to a pile of rubble in Valparaiso. Many residents lost electricity, water and phone services.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
A woman sits in front a quake-damaged house in Talca. The country continued to experience aftershocks hours after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck.
Sebastian Martinez-AP
A man observes the wreckage at his house in Valparaiso caused by a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake. As residents here try to pick up the pieces, several Pacific Ocean countries and Hawaii were bracing for a possible tsunami.
Claudio Santana-AFP/Getty Images
A resident sits on the debris of a collapsed house in Talca after the most powerful quake to hit Chile in half a century.
Sebastian Martinez-AP
People gather on a street in downtown Santiago after the quake. A car was seen dangling from a collapsed overpass and the national Fine Arts Museum was badly damaged.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-Reuters
People gather on a street of downtown Santiago after a powerful quake. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declared a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile.
Victor Ruiz Caballero-REUTERS
An injured person is carried away on a vehicle in Talca after a powerful earthquake struck. Officials said at least 214 people were killed and that they expected to death toll to rise.
Roberto Candia-AP
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