Feburary 27, 2010 06:45 p.m. EST

A bridge is left destroyed outside of Santiago after the earthquake struck Chile. Dozens of aftershocks were reported.

Flipped and mangled cars are strewn on the highway after a bridge collapsed in Santiago. Hundreds of people were killed in the quake.

Rescue workers help an injured woman in Concepcion, about 270 miles southwest of Santiago. The task of trying to save survivors and recover the dead is fully under way in Chile.

A car is crushed under the ruins of a building in Curico, Chile. The quake’s epicenter was located off the coast of Maule, about 200 miles southwest of Santiago.

Smoke rises from a damaged building in the outskirts of the capital Santiago. The city lost electricity and other basic services including water and telephones.

A man tries to salvage his belongings after his home was damaged by the earthquake. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Saturday’s earthquake has affected more than 2 million people.

Nicholas Prewitt took photos of damage in Santiago’s fine arts district. He said most people in the country have family that has been affected. “There’s a sense of disbelief.”

Men in Honolulu, Hawaii, prepare sandbags in anticipation of a tsunami after the quake struck Chile, sending waves across the Pacific. The tsunami warning in Hawaii was later lifted, and no damage was reported.

Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900

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	Location	Date UTC	Magnitude	Lat.	Long.	Reference
1.	Chile	1960 05 22	9.5	-38.29	-73.05	Kanamori, 1977
2.	Prince William Sound, Alaska	1964 03 28	9.2	61.02	-147.65	Kanamori, 1977
3.	Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra	2004 12 26	9.1	3.30	95.78	Park et al., 2005
4.	Kamchatka	1952 11 04	9.0	52.76	160.06	Kanamori, 1977
5.	Off the Coast of Ecuador	1906 01 31	8.8	1.0	-81.5	Kanamori, 1977
6.	Rat Islands, Alaska	1965 02 04	8.7	51.21	178.50	Kanamori, 1977
7.	Northern Sumatra, Indonesia	2005 03 28	8.6	2.08	97.01	PDE
8.	Assam – Tibet	1950 08 15	8.6	28.5	96.5	Kanamori, 1977
9.	Andreanof Islands, Alaska	1957 03 09	8.6	51.56	-175.39	Johnson et al., 1994
10.	Southern Sumatra, Indonesia	2007 09 12	8.5	-4.438	101.367	PDE
11.	Banda Sea, Indonesia	1938 02 01	8.5	-5.05	131.62	Okal and Reymond, 2003
12.	Kamchatka	1923 02 03	8.5	54.0	161.0	Kanamori, 1988
13.	Chile-Argentina Border	1922 11 11	8.5	-28.55	-70.50	Kanamori, 1977
14.	Kuril Islands	1963 10 13	8.5	44.9	149.6	Kanamori, 1977
Updated 2009 May 14