A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the remote Drake Passage, a body of water between South America and Antarctica.

There was no tsunami threat after Thursday's earthquake of magnitude 7.5 in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, following its brief warning for Chilean coastal areas.

A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the Drake Passage, located between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake,

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit the Drake Passage, prompting Chile's Navy to issue a tsunami warning. Initially recorded at magnitude 8, the quake was revised by the USGS. It occurred southeast of Ushuaia,