"We stand ready to help in any way that the government of Chile asks us to," Clinton said. "We want to help Chile who has done so much to help others."
Bachelet has asked for field hospitals, water purification systems, field kitchens, mobile bridges and electricity generators among other relief assistance from the international community.
"The government is expecting that these needs will be filled largely through bilateral arrangements and we need to stay within the parameters of what the country has asked for and not to send anything that they didn't ask for," UN deputy emergency relief coordinator Catherine Bragg said in New York.
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