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- 10 May 2010 - HidroAysen hydroelectric dam project in Pascua and Baker rivers, Patagonia, is approved by the Environmental Evualuation Commission sparkling protests across the country.[1][2]
- 6 March 2011 - A 6.2 magnitude earthquake centered 110 km (68 mi) beneath Putre shakes northern Chile and southern Peru, causing no injuries and only minor damage.[3]
- 2 January 2011 - A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Araucanía 70 km (43 mi) northwest of Temuco near Tirúa.[4]
- 13 October 2010 - All 33 miners are rescued after spending 68 days underground due to a mining accident at the San José copper-gold mine near Copiapó on August 5.
- 18 September 2010 - Chile celebrates its Bicentennial, commemorating two hundred years since the First Government Junta of 1810 was formed, starting the Independence process, which ended in 1818 with Bernardo O'Higgins's proclamation.
- 11 March 2010 - Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of the Republic in Valparaíso's National Congress as a 6.9 Mw earthquake and subsequent aftershocks hit the area of Pichilemu.
- 1 January 2008: Llaima volcano erupts
- 26 November 2007: 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners announced
- 19 November 2007: Spanish King's 'shut up' to Chávez becomes ringtone
- 15 November 2007: Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Antofagasta, Chile
- 5 October 2007: Family of Chile's former leader Augusto Pinochet arrested on embezzlement charges
- 20 July 2007: Violence erupts after game at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
- 13 July 2007: 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup: Austria, Czech Republic, Spain and US make it to quarters
- 18 May 2007: Penguin swims ashore in Peru
- 26 April 2007: Newly discovered extra-solar planet may be Earth-like
- 23 April 2007: Earthquake in Chile triggers landslide
- 29 March 2007: Wikinews Shorts: March 29, 2007
- ^ Comisión aprueba HidroAysén pero exige medidas en favor de la zona
- ^ Al menos 30 detenidos deja nueva jornada de protestas contra HidroAysén en todo Chile
- ^ Associated Press (6 March 2011). "Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakes northern Chile". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ USGS (2 January 2011). "Magnitude 7.1 - Araucanía , Chile". Retrieved 8 March 2011.