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'Major damaging earthquake' strikes Chile

A massive earthquake of 8.8 magnitude has struck central Chile.

The epicentre was 91km (56 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and 317km south-west of the capital, Santiago.

Randy Baldwin is a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey told the BBC it is "a major earthquake". Webcams show some street scenes in Chile.

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