The alert for "hazardous waves", a message by the US Tsunami Warning System reads, is in place for coasts located within 186 miles of the earthquake epicentre - including southern Argentina and Chile.

People seek higher ground as a MASSIVE 7.4 earthquake triggers a Tsunami alert, Epicenter in Drake Passage, close to the southern tip of Argentina, & affecting coastal Chile.

The U.S. Tsunami Warning center issued a tsunami threat for the region after the quake, saying that tsunami waves of about 3 to 10 feet above the tide level are possible along some coasts of Chile.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck in the South Atlantic Ocean off Chile and Argentina on Friday, prompting thousands in Chile to evacuate parts of the sparsely ...

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 ...

Chile has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off its southern coast on Friday. The epicentre was under the sea 219km south of the Argentinian border town of Ushuaia ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was shallow, at just 10 kilometers (6 miles) under the seabed, and it struck about 219 kilometers (173 miles) south of Argentina’s southernmost city of ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina, the United States Geological Survey says. (United States Geological Survey) ...

Chile’s national disaster response service, Senapred, reported the evacuation of some 2,000 residents before it downgraded the warnings, with 32 people following procedures from Chile’s ...