Chile earthquake: 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Chile, Argentina; no damage reported - The Economic Times Video
A strong offshore earthquake caused a tsunami scare in the far south of Chile and Argentina on Friday, with authorities evacuating residents of coastal areas for hours before scaling back the threat level. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck in the Drake Passage between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles). The USGS put the magnitude at 7.4, slightly below the 7.5 reported by Chile's National Seismological Centre. It struck at 9:58 am local time (1258 GMT), and several smaller aftershocks were also recorded, but there were no reports of injuries or material damage. The epicentre was 219 kilometres from the city of Ushuaia in Argentina and a similar distance from the Chilean town of Puerto Williams. Chile's emergency agency, Senapred, issued a tsunami warning and ordered the evacuation of coastal areas of the remote southern Magallanes region.
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