Experts: Strict building codes saved lives in powerful Chile earthquake

Fresh off the heels of a powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake off the coast of northern Chile Tuesday night, a powerful aftershock struck the country at 9:58 p.m. EDT Wednesday. A magnitude-7.4 tremor was reported about 25 miles southwest of Iquique, Chile.

(CNN) — Strict building codes and the preparedness of millions of Chileans who live along an arc of volcanoes and fault lines likely kept the death toll — only six by Wednesday afternoon — low after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled offshore and 

Chile has been hit by a massive earthquake with an 8.3 magnitude, and a tsunami warning has been issued all along the coast.

(CNN) — Strict building codes and the preparedness of millions of Chileans who live along an arc of volcanoes and fault lines likely kept the death toll — only six by Wednesday afternoon — low after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake rumbled offshore and 

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire on a restaurant by the sea shore after a powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake hit off Chile's Pacific coast, on April 1, 2014 in Iquique. (AFP Photo / Aldo Solimano). Tags. Commodities