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Huge quake hits Chile; tsunami threatens Pacific (Hawaii)
Video: Massive Magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Chile

TALCA, Chile—One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean -- roughly a quarter of the globe.

Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about by the magnitude-8.8 quake as if shaken by a giant. At least 147 people were killed, according to Carmen Fernandez, director of the National Emergency Agency.

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