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 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A powerful earthquake rattled Chile's remote northern Andes near the Bolivian border Monday, killing at least eight people and causing widespread damage in several mountain villages.
Interior Minister Jorge Correa said there could be more victims in some isolated communities, but added no details were immediately available because of poor communications.
The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.9, according to both the U.S. Geological Survey and Chilean officials, making it the world's third strongest temblor since the quake that set off an Asian tsunami in December.
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