Residents picked through the rubble of destroyed buildings in central Chile on Thursday after a magnitude 8.3 earthquake killed 10 people and sent powerful waves barreling into coastal areas, forcing more than 1 million people from their homes.<br />Violent aftershocks continued to shake the South American country on Thursday morning and local residents said they feared another big quake, although the government lifted its tsunami warning.<br />"Everything is a mess.<br />It was a disaster, a total loss.<br />Bottles and glasses shattered and the pipes in the bathroom and kitchen burst," said restaurant owner Melisa Pinones in the city of Illapel, near the epicenter of Wednesday's quake.<br />The government had ordered evacuations from coastal areas after the powerful quake hit, seeking to avoid a repeat of a quake disaster in 2010 when authorities were slow to warn of a tsunami and hundreds were killed.
