Chile’s Pinera says three-fourths of areas damaged by 2010 earthquake have been reconstructed

The 8.8-magnitude quake and the tsunami it unleashed on Feb. 27, 2010, killed 551 people, destroyed 220,000 homes and washed away docks, riverfronts and seaside resorts. Pinera said the disaster cost Chile $30 billion, or 18 percent of its annual gross domestic product.

“Today I can responsibly say that just over halfway through my mandate and thanks to the effort of all Chileans, three-quarters of the reconstruction efforts are complete,” Pinera said in his yearly address to congress.

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Source: The Washington Post