Thursday, 15 November 2007

A major earthquake...Chile


View of cars crushed by the cornice of a hotel in Tocopilla, Antofagasta, after a 7.7 Richter scale earthquake shook Chile, 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) north of Santiago 14 November, 2007. The strong earthquake rocked arid northern Chile Wednesday, killing at least two people, sparking panic and causing power outages. Both victims --one of them an 88-year-old who crushed under a collapsing wall-- died in the city of Tocopilla, near the quake's epicenter, doctors said


Residents stand in front of their houses destroyed by an earthquake in Maria Elena, about 1,600 kilometers north of Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. A major earthquake crushed cars, damaged hundreds of houses and terrified people for hundreds of miles Wednesday. Authorities reported at least two deaths and more than 100 injuries.

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