Santiago, Chile

Cars flung off Highway

 27 February 2010, 8.8 Magnitude earthquake struck, taken lives of 214 people. As powerful as Haiti's devastating 12 January 2010 earthquake.

In Talca, just 65 miles (105 kilometers) from the epicenter, people sleeping in bed suddenly felt like they were flying through major airplane turbulence as their belongings cascaded around them from the shuddering walls at 3:34 a.m. (1:34 a.m. EST, 0634 GMT).

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Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever