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.

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 in southern Argentina and coastal Chile are running out of their homes and seeking higher ground after tsunami warnings were sounded in response to a massive 7.4 earthquake measured offshore.

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 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 the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...