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Page last updated at 14:11 GMT, Saturday, 27 February 2010
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Map: Chile earthquake

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake has hit central Chile, affecting a great swathe of the country, as the map below shows.

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CHILE QUAKE

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'Chaos in Chile'

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