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| An 8.8magnitude earthquake struck Chile on 27 Feb,2010.More than 300 people are reported __1__(kill) in Chile after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the South American nation early Saturday,__2__(cause)considerable destruction as well,and creating tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean. Rescuers worked frantically for hours to help survivors of the quake __3__centered 100 kilometers from the city of Concepcion but caused damage and deaths in several parts of Chile. Homes,buildings and bridges collapsed or caught fire,cars __4__(overturn),and the main international airport had to be shut down because of damage.One survivor said it was terrible. She said she thought she was not __5__(scare)of earthquakes but then,she says,it looked as if everything was going to collapse.There were at least eight aftershocks and tidal waves __6__up to two meters that hit Chile's coast.Residents in lowlying areas and living on islands off the mainland tried to flee __7__higher ground.Chile experiences many earthquakes but the early Saturday natural disaster was __8__of its most severe.Thorne Lay,a geophysicist at the University of California,Santa Cruz,said it was much stronger than __9__one that caused devastation(废墟)in Haiti last month,but probably less __10__(destroy),because of where it was centered. |