Concepcion

Residents in Chile’s earthquake-ravaged city of Concepcion dumped new televisions, fridges and furniture on roadsides on Sunday to avoid arrest.

Aftershocks rattled Chile on Friday, panicking residents nearly a week after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record devastated coastal towns.

A tsunami alert sent terrified Chileans running for higher ground on Wednesday, while a surge of troops finally brought order to Concepción.

Troops fired tear gas and imposed a curfew on Monday to stop looters running off with trolley-loads of goods from the wreckage of Chile’s quake.

Chilean rescuers used shovels and sledgehammers on Sunday to find survivors of a huge earthquake in Chile that unleashed a Pacific tsunami.

Fearful Chileans camped outside on Sunday in towns shattered by a massive earthquake, as officials struggled to grasp the scale of the damage.