As the death toll from Saturday morning's 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Chile reaches over 700, attention is split between rescue operations and providing shelter and resources for the two million people across the South American coastal nation that have been displaced. An estimated 500,000 structures were destroyed in the quake, and many residents whose houses outlasted the quake chose to spend the night outside anyway, fearing powerful aftershocks.
The Chile earthquake -- at a magnitude of 8.8 -- was much stronger than the one that hit Haiti, but casualties and damages appear to be far less. Why?
The Mobile Giving Foundation, which organized text message relief for Haiti, has vetted the following organizations for donating to Chile:
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless are providing free text messages in support of the effort. One-hundred percent of the donation goes to earthquake relief, according to the Mobile Giving Foundation.
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More than 2 million people were affected by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile early Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet said in a televised news conference.
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