Bachelet praises citizens after Chile quake
- 10 years ago
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has praised her fellow citizens for their response to Tuesday's earthquake. Nearly a million people heeded a government warning to leave low-lying ground over concerns of a tsunami. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake and tsunami hit the northern coast of Chile, near the port of Iquique, killing at least six people. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.