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Taking matters into their own hands. we're hearing growing reports of looting and angry clashes with security guards trying to hold them back. in some cases, stores have been torched. two days after that massive 8.8 massive earthquake, the official death toll now stand at 723. and more than 2 million people are affected one way or another. cnn's karl penhaul is in the quake zone. >> reporter: we're on main street in a fishing town in south central chile and we're on the main street in the town. and look what's here. now, that's a 70 ton sardine fishing vessel and it was washed ashore about 600...

They say it was completely terrifying. the way that the fishermen and other inhabitants describe the sound of those tsunami waves was terrifying enough, but even more frightening if you think what could have happened. now, as soon as that earthquake struck, the inhabitants say they ran out of their homes, but after that they say members of the navy and possibly also firefighters they say went around with megaphones telling them to go back inside their homes, there was no danger of a tsunami wave coming. now, the inhabitants here say that it's because they followed their instincts and listened ...

And from firefighters who told them go back to their home. there was no danger of a tsunami wave. they say they're glad they trusted their instincts and also the experience of their parents and grandparents from an earthquake back in 1960. they said they just knew a tsunami wave would come and when it did the fishermen and inhabitants here say it was a very frightening experience indeed. it was the depth of night still but they said they heard the wave coming because it just rattled. it made a sound. it was the rattle and the crashing of ships being bashed against their homes and their houses....

Meter tsunami wave that came in just an hour after the earthquake, anderson. >> some people blamed authorities saying there was not a warning of that tsunami in that town. is that correct? >> reporter: that is correct. we've heard even from the chilean defense ministry blaming the navy for not sharing its systems and early warning saying a tsunami may be on its way. in fact, residents in that town say the navy and firefighters told them to go back home, there was no risk of a tsunami. they say they learned from the 1960 earthquake and also the very fact they're fishermen, they live by the sea,...

The fishermen say that this weighs at least 25 to 30 tons, and it was blown ashore, probably 600 meters from the sea on a tsunami wave of about two meters they say. it would have been pitch black, and the people that i have talked to say that at first they heard of the wave was the clattering of the ship bashing against the houses, and shipping container being washed ashore as well. they said it was completely terrifying. now the way that the fishermen and the other inhabitants described the sound of the tsunami waves was terrifying enough, but even more frightening, if you think what could ha...