A huge magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck south-central Chile beforehand on Saturday, fatality at least 47 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami. President Michelle Bachelet confirmed 47 deaths and said more were possible. Telephone and drag lines were down, making check assessments troublesome in the first matinal darkness. "Never in my existence have I professional a tremblor such as this, it's delight in the end of the world," one cover told local TV from the city of Temuco, where the quake damaged buildings and feigned staff to exhaust the regional hospital. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck 56 miles (90 km) northeast of the urban district of Concepcion at a astuteness of 22 miles (35 km) at 3:34 a.m. (6:34 a.m. British time).
Chilean video and disseminate stations said several buildings collapsed in the borough of Curico and that there was deface to buildings in the important concentrate of the money Santiago, about 200 miles (320 km) north of the epicentre. The capital's universal airport was fake to close, a highway tie collapsed and chunks of buildings kill into the street. In the moments after the quake, mobile vulgus streamed onto the streets of the capital, hugging each other and crying. There were blackouts in parts of Santiago and communications were still down in the square footage closest to the epicentre.
