Massive Earthquake Strikes Chile.

One of the largest earthquakes on record has killed at least 300 people in Chile sending giant waves roaring across the Pacific Ocean that forced Japan on tsunami alert almost a day later.
In an address to the nation, President Michelle Bachelet said two million Chileans had been affected but, after touring the worst-hit areas by plane, she found it hard to spell out the magnitude of the disaster.

"The power of nature has again struck our country," Bachelet said, declaring six of Chile's 15 regions "catastrophe zones" in the aftermath of the 8.8-magnitude quake.

Highways in the South American nation of 16 million were sliced to pieces, bridges imploded and buildings collapsed as the 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck overnight some 325 kilometers (200 miles) southwest of the capital Santiago.

"This is a catastrophe of immense proportions, so it will be very difficult to give precise figures," Interior Minister Edmundo Perez Yoma said. Officials later said at least 300 people had been killed.

Too much too soon, we haven't even come close to getting over the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti a few weeks back with death tolls in the 100,000. Lets Pray for Chile, Haiti and all the countries suffering from natural disasters.