An 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile early this morning toppled buildings, cut roads, power lines and telecommunication, and set off tsunami warnings that sent people scrambling for higher ground from China to Hawaii . The most powerful temblor to hit quake-ridden Chile in half a century had claimed at least 214 lives, and the death toll was rising.
Experts said the quake was one of the strongest ever measured in the world.
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