Photo gallery of Chilean quake damage

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By Associated Press

Story Published: Feb 27, 2010 at 12:02 PM PDT

Story Updated: Feb 27, 2010 at 1:35 PM PDT

TALCA, Chile (AP) - One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean - roughly a quarter of the globe.

Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about by the magnitude-8.8 quake as if shaken by a giant. At least 147 people were killed, according to Carmen Fernandez, director of the National Emergency Agency.

The photos below capture some of the damage caused by the massive quake:

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