Earthquake In Chile -- News Updates March 2, 2010

Dennise Pincochet, 24, cried in front of her destroyed house in Constitución, Chile, on Monday. Tomas Munita for The New York Times

Chilean Troops Deployed in Hard-Hit City to Quell Unrest -- New York Times

SANTIAGO, Chile — As smaller tremors continued to jolt this earthquake-ravaged country on Tuesday morning, the Chilean government sought to quell looting and unrest in one of the hardest-hit cities by deploying thousands of government troops and extending an overnight curfew until midday.

Chilean newspapers quoted President Michelle Bachelet as saying that the situation in the devastated city of Concepción was “under control,” even though reports indicated that most of the city was still without electricity, phone service or running water.

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