On Wednesday this week, Chile experienced an 8.2 earthquake in the northern part of the country, and some thought that President Michelle Bachelet was responsible.

Some seismologists and geological experts stated that this earthquake was not the big one, but some could not help but feel reminded of what happened in the 2010 earthquake when Bachelet was ending her term.

In Iquique, Chile, thousands of people who were evacuated from low-lying areas, were returning home after a spending a long night outside, due to the threat of a tsunami. The government's mandatory order to leave the coast was spread through cellphone text messages, and Twitter, and reinforced by blaring sirens in neighborhoods where people regularly practice earthquake drills, the Fox News Latino reported.

Fox News Latino also reported that Iquique was lightly damaged, with a death-toll of six people. Before the earthquake struck hours earlier, Bachelet sent a military plane with 100 anti-riot police to join 300 soldiers deployed to prevent looting, as well as to capture escaped prisoners. About 300 inmates escaped from a women's prison in the city of Iquique, forcing the closure of the border with Peru. Officials stated that nearly two dozen had been captured early Wednesday.

When Bachelet arrived at noon in Iquique, after reviewing the damage, she declared a state of emergency.

There was shaking that began at 8:46 p.m. on Tuesday, that had also touched off landslides that blocked roads, knocked out power for thousands, damaged an airport, and started fires that destroyed several businesses. Some homes made of adobe were destroyed in Arica, another city close to the quake's offshore epicenter. Mining in Chile, which is the world's top copper-producing nation, was unaffected.

"The country suffered an earthquake in the northern part of the country that was 8.3 on the Richter scale that affected the regions of Arica and Parinacota, the region of Tarapaca, and it was also felt in Antofagasta," Bachelet said in Spanish via a broadcast, the International Business Times reported.

In March, Bachelet, who was re-elected as president three weeks ago, waited five hours after the quake struck to address the nation. Many Chileans did not forget what happened the last time when Bachelet presided over a major earthquake, days before the end of her term, in 2006 to 2010.

Bachelet's emergency preparedness office in 2010 was perhaps not properly equipped; as a result, she prematurely waved off a tsunami danger. During 2010, with a magnitude of 8.8, it left more than 500 people dead, and over 220,000 homes were washed away by a massive tsunami.

This most recent earthquake, Bachelet tweeted, "The country has done a good job of confronting the emergency. I call on everyone to stay calm and follow the authorities' instructions," after Tuesday night's tremor.

According to I Love Chile, a growing Chilean online publication, recalled Bachelet's lacking quick reactions and statements that were scrutinized, after she was accused of "failing to grasp the scale of the devastation" during the infamous 2010 earthquake. In the last week of her former presidency, Chile was struck with the sixth largest earthquake ever recorded. It had taken 36 hours to declare certain areas "catastrophe areas" in 2010.

Now, Bachelet ordered a military response within five hours of of this week's earthquake. Bachelet had made plans to visit affected areas on Thursday, but has since flown out to the worst hit areas this morning to assess the damage.