Coastal regions of Chile are at risk of tsunami waves after a large earthquake in the body of water that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The event comes just weeks after a powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific and raised alerts from Japan to the US and Canada and New Zealand.

A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Drake Passage, the remote stretch of ocean between South America and Antarctica, shaking the Earth beneath the icy waters. Initially reported as an 8.0 quake,