The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated central parts of Chile on Saturday 27th Feb, killing more than 700 people.
A BBC correspondent made the following report as an eye-witness.
There's almost no doubt that the death toll will rise over the next few days.
There are still whole areas of the south of Chile which haven't really been fully explored, and nobody has a clear idea of how bad the damage is there, and how many people have died.
I get the sense that the government is totally overwhelmed at the moment by the magnitude of this quake.
In Concepcion, the city closest to the epicentre, there were ugly scenes, with scores of people breaking into supermarkets and just taking anything they could get their hands on.
It's been more than 48 hours since the quake, and people are getting desperate - in many areas they still don't have water, they still don't have food, and they still don't have electricity.
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