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

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake stuck in the Drake Passage off the coasts of Argentina, Chile and Antarctica Thursday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and Chile began moving people away from beaches.

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck the remote Drake Passage late Thursday, August 2, 2025 prompting initial tsunami warning in parts of Antarctica before the threat was