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Chile's Earthquake Death Toll Exceeds 700
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Monday, March 01, 2010
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Chile's earthquake caused the Bureo Bridge/Highway 5 to buckle near Mulchen.
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The province of Concepcion was one of the areas hardest hit.
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The inside of this theater in Valparaiso, Chile was destroyed.
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Valparaiso residents were able to escape destroyed homes with a few belongings.
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Some cars were turned onto their sides in Talcahuano, Biobio.
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Although Santiago was far from the epicenter of the quake, this San Francisco church nearby still crumbled.
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Even after the quake hit Saturday, cars got submerged in Talcahuano, following a tsunami on Sunday.
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