More than 700 people have died in Chile, following an 8.8 magnitude quake that shook the country Saturday morning, according to reports from The Associated Press. The tsunami and aftershocks that have followed have not made it easier for the South American country to recover.

Meanwhile, looting has taken over the streets of Concepción, the province hardest hit by Saturday's quake. Police and security forces have arrested dozens of people for violating an anti-looting curfew. Concepción is 320 miles from the capital, Santiago.

"We are confronting an emergency without parallel in Chile's history," President Michelle Bachelet said Sunday. President Bachelet promised food, water and shelter to the thousands of homeless due to Saturday's quake. Over 500,000 dwellings were damaged over the weekend.

The AP reports that many coastal Chilean towns were almost wiped out after the 8.8 magnitude quake hit on Saturday. Soon after, a tsunami followed that carried many houses inland. Sunday, a large 6.1-magnitude aftershock hit, followed by three more aftershocks Monday morning. 

The United Nations said it would begin rushing aide to Chile today, and that it had made a request for temporary bridges, field hospitals, satellite phones, electric generators, damage assessment teams, water purification systems, field kitchens and dialysis centers.

"We are prepared to provide assistance," the U.N.'s humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said. "It could be quite fast, given that our experts are on standby and were alerted in the region."

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit Santiago on Tuesday.

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