. >> diego rojas lived in this street until 2010. these are the remains of a neighbors house destroyed by an earthquake and then a tsunmai. the whole vicinity looked like this. >> the worst part was that no one expected it. we were asleep, then suddenly everything started to shake. 3, 4, 5 minutes long. you could sense everyone's panic. >> it was the end of february, 2010, at 3:30 a.m. a massive earthquake measuring 8.8 on the richter scale hit the chilean town of constitucion. then, its seafront and centre were completely destroyed by the tsunami that followed. over 500 people lost their lives, thousands lost their homes. this is what constitucion looks like today. a lot of construction has been done, with funding from a government restoration program. houses are provided to all who lost their home to the catastrophe. villa verde is the name of the new settlement where diego and his wife rosa have found not only a new home, but also a new lease on life. >> i was renting places my whole life. first a room, an apartment, and then a ho