<p style="margin: 5pt 0pt;"><strong>A rescue worker looks through a hole in a destroyed building in Concepción on February 28, 2010, a day after a devastating <a id="df6n" title="earthquake" href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/earthquake-profile.html">earthquake</a> in <a id="cn45" title="Chile" href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/chile-guide/">Chile</a> .</strong></p><p style="margin: 5pt 0pt;">At least 711 people in Chile—many of them in coastal towns hit by <a id="y01z" title="tsunamis" href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/tsunami-profile/">tsunamis</a>—died due to the magnitude-8.8 earthquake, one of the biggest ever recorded. The death toll is expected to grow, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told news organizations Sunday.</p><p style="margin: 5pt 0pt; text-align: left;">(Related: <a id="bw40" title="&quot;Chile-Earthquake Tsunamis Smaller Than Expected—But Why?&quot;" href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100228-earthquake-in-chile-2010-tsunamis-hawaii-japan/">"Chile-Earthquake Tsunamis Smaller Than Expected—But Why?"</a>)</p><p>"This is an emergency without parallel in the history of Chile," Bachelet said, adding for the first time that international aid will be welcomed, according to the <em>Los Angeles Times. </em></p>