Six killed as 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits northern Chile

Powerful quake triggers tsunami waves of two metres on Chilean coast and alerts along 3,000 miles of coastline in Central and South America

A powerful 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit Chile's Pacific coast on Tuesday, killing at six people as tsunami waves of more than two metres lashed the shore.

Panicked residents poured into the streets after the authorities ordered them to flee to higher ground, while President Michelle Bachelet declared parts of northern Chile hit by the offshore quake to be disaster zones