Massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocks Chile
Posted on 27 February 2010 byTALCA, Chile — A devastating earthquake struck Chile early today, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. A tsunami set off by the magnitude-8.8 quake threatened every nation around the Pacific Ocean — roughly a quarter of the globe.
Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as…