Chile’s Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service issued a tsunami precaution for the Chilean Antarctic territory following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck 258 km (160 miles)northwest of Base

A preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit the Drake Passage, a body of water between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica.

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake rattled the Chilean Antarctic region and the southern Drake Passage on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.