Residents pick up the pieces after quake
By Agence France-Presse in Coquimbo, Chile | China Daily | Updated: 2015-09-19 08:03
Hundreds of traumatized Chileans spent a second night out in the open or in shelters on Thursday night after an offshore magnitude-8.3 earthquake left 12 dead.
In the coastal city of Coquimbo, the wrath of the earth's twitch in this quake-prone country was clear and ugly: A jumble of fishing boats, remains of homes, trucks, vendors' stands and cars washed up by tsunami waves bore testament to the sea's fury.
Maria Zamorano, 60, recounted how she and her large family ran from the shoreline to save themselves from the surging waves.
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