Santiago, May 2, 2025 (AFP) - Chile, Argentina order evacuations over post-quake tsunami threat

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2025-05-02

Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country's southernmost region Friday morning and both Chile and Argentina ordered evacuations after a major 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of South America. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck in the Drake Passage at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), 219 kilometers from the city of Ushuaia in Argentina and a similar distance from the Chilean town of......

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