A bridge sits destroyed by a major earthquake along the Panamerican Highway near Curico February 27, 2010. A huge magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, knocking down homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Rescuers continue to look for survivors after an 8.8 intensity earthquake, the largest tremor on record, killed at least 300 people in Chile and sent giant waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean.
Highways in the South American nation of 16 million were sliced to pieces, bridges imploded and buildings collapsed as the earthquake struck at pre-dawn hours Saturday some 325 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of the capital Santiago.
Motorists pass under a footbridge that has collapsed over the Panamerican Highway after a major earthquake in Curico February 27, 2010. A huge magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, knocking down homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific.
Waves well over two meters (seven feet) high crashed into the Chilean coast after the quake struck at 3:34 am (0634 GMT) and tore out into the Pacific, killing at least five people in the remote Robinson Crusoe islands.
Smoke from a burning building fills the sky in the outskirts of Santiago. One of the largest earthquakes on record has struck central Chile hard killing at least 300 people and leaving a trail of twisted buildings and sending tsunami waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean. (AFP/Martin Bernetti)
Almost 50 countries along an arc from New Zealand to Japan braced for giant waves. More than 70,000 people fled coastal areas of Japan on Saturday as s tsunami slammed into the country’s long Pacific coastline.
The rubble of a collapsed bridge is seen in Santiago after a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile killing over 300 people on February 27. (AFP/Martin Bernetti)
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