Chile's interior minister, Edmundo Perez Yoma, said: "It has been a devastating earthquake.
"This has been a devastating earthquake on a scale not seen in this region for many years," said Pete Garratt, its disaster response manager.
On Christmas Eve in 1972, she heard on the news that there had been a devastating earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua.
While I was there, a devastating earthquake hit China, making travel difficult.
When Pakistan was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2005 that killed more than 70,000, it was governed by the international darling President Musharraf who dazzled Washington with his alleged "moderated jihad" and "enlightened moderation" philosophies.
Little more than a year ago, the region was rocked by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 17,000 people.
The hotline, which is open 12 hours a day, is staffed by social workers from the State Welfare Organisation, one of UNICEF's key partners in the city, after it was hit by a devastating earthquake in December 2003.
It was then that a devastating earthquake struck western China.
FOR THE third time in 17 months, Indonesia has been struck by a devastating earthquake.
Two years earlier, when Cairo was hit by a devastating earthquake, the government had dithered while Islamist groups rushed in with relief.
