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A vast area of earthquake-hit Chile, including the capital city of Santiago, was plunged into darkness Sunday by a massive blackout, the National Emergency Office said.

The area affected covered a 2,000-kilometer (1,200 mile) stretch affecting about 80 percent of Chile's population of 17 million people, officials said.

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