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- Chile earthquake death toll likely to rise (Guardian Unlimited)
Mar 3, 2010 - Final death figure could be over 1,000, officials warn, and relief operation hampered by widespread looting As international aid began to arrive in Chile, emergency workers shifted the focus of recovery operations to the country's coastline where hundreds of people are feared to have been swept to sea and drowned after Saturday's devastating earthquake. The Chilean government confirmed 795 ... - Chile earthquake relief: How one priest provides shelter for masses (The Christian Science Monitor)
Mar 3, 2010 - Rev. Felipe Berrios's award-winning organization has in less than 15 years nearly gotten all Chilean families into permanent housing. His group is now joining the effort to help those made homeless by the Chile earthquake. - Earth's Earthquake Hotspots (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)
Mar 3, 2010 - The powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake that rocked Chile was strong enough to shift the planet's axis by 3 inches, and came soon after the catastrophic magnitude 7.0 quake that devastated Haiti and right after a magnitude 7.0 event hit off the coast of Japan. - Chile earthquake shortened Earth's day? NASA thinks so. (The Christian Science Monitor)
Mar 3, 2010 - NASA says if the day has shortened any, you can look to Chile. Earthquake over the weekend could have altered the Earth's axis. - Chilean Earthquake May Be Costliest for Insurers Since 1994 (Bloomberg)
Mar 3, 2010 - March 3 (Bloomberg) -- The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile last week may be the most expensive for insurers since 1994 and the second-costliest for the industry in history. - Experts: Chile's economy stable in earthquake's aftermath (USA Today)
Mar 3, 2010 - Chile's large reserve of cash should help it pull through quickly from the devastating earthquake, politicians and experts said Tuesday. - Experts: Chile's economy stable in earthquake's aftermath (USA Today)
Mar 2, 2010 - Chile is Latin America's A-plus student when it comes to economics, leaving it with a large reserve of cash that should help it pull through quickly from the devastating earthquake, politicians and experts said Tuesday. - Tsunami response costs Honolulu taxpayers $330,000 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mar 2, 2010 - Although the tsunami that dealt a glancing blow to Hawaii on Saturday caused no physical damage or injuries, it did manage to hit Honolulu taxpayers' pocketbooks. - Chile earthquake may have shortened Earth's day (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mar 2, 2010 - Earth's days may have gotten a little bit shorter since the massive earthquake in Chile, but don't feel bad if you haven't noticed. - Tsunami warning after undersea earthquake near Japan (Guardian Unlimited)
Mar 2, 2010 - Japan's meteorological agency says tremor off the coast of Okinawa measured 6.9 on the Richter scale Japan's meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning tonight following a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of the southern island of Okinawa. The agency said the tremor, at about 8.30pm GMT, was centred about 50 miles east of the city of Naha. They said it measured 6.9 on the Richter ...