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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck 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.
The quake struck around 02:16:19 (UTC) with a depth of 6.7 miles, roughly in the middle of the Drake Passage, about 350 miles south of the southern tip of South America and about 300 miles from the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.
An aftershock of 5.1 magnitude struck in the same area an hour later, the USGS said.
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There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
Chile's SNAM tsunami warning system issued a tsunami threat for the Chilean coast and for its Antarctic station Base Prat and for its O'Higgins research centre, both on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Chile's National Disaster Prevention and Response Service said people should move away from beach areas in its far south Magallanes Region and an evacuation process had been activated.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat notice but later dropped it.
Chile is on the so-called Ring of Fire, a band of volcanoes and fault lines circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
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