Nearly 1,500 people are confirmed dead - but at least 50,000 are missing after back-to-back earthquakes struck the South American country on Wednesday evening.

Earthquake country's strongest in a century; US Geological Survey says "disaster is likely widespread"; at least 164 people confirmed dead.

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