Chilean experts, in collaboration with those from other countries, rescued 23 people on early Friday morning in Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the country on Tuesday.

Chilean delegation chief Juan Gabriel Valdes said on Friday that "the Chilean experts have worked all night through with rescue teams of other countries and they have found 23 people alive."

The 23 survivors were found in the ruins of Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, and the rescue work is continuing at the site because "there is hope for more good news," Valdes said.

Valdes also said that the rescue work at the headquarters of the United Nations will be suspended, as the building was completely destroyed and there are very few possibilities of finding more people alive.

The Haitian authorities estimate that there are at least 100,000 deaths and 3 million victims caused by the devastating earthquake.

(Xinhua News Agency January 16, 2009)