Earthquake of 7.8 magnitude in South America, Tsunami Alert issued again.

According to emergency officials, this earthquake occurred in the Drake Passage in South America. It is a water area between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Chile’s SHOA Maritime Authority issued tsunami warnings for some time after the earthquake. The United States Geological Survey estimated the depth of the earthquake at 10 km (6.21 mi), but withdrew it after about an hour.

Chilean officials warned of possible impacts to its Pratt and O’Higgins military bases at the tip of Antarctica and Cape Horn, a small town on an island located at the southernmost tip of Tierra del Fuego. The earthquake struck just before 5:30 p.m. local time Friday and less than an hour later, officials withdrew tsunami warnings.

Earlier there was an earthquake in Philippines also. Two powerful earthquakes occurred on Friday at an interval of a few hours in the same area near the Southern Philippines. The first tremor of the earthquake was felt in the morning, whose intensity was measured at 7.4. At least seven people died in this. At the same time, it caused landslides, damaged hospitals and schools and due to tsunami warning, nearby coastal areas had to be evacuated. However, the tsunami warning was later withdrawn.

The initial intensity of the second earthquake was 6.8. Teresito Bacolcol, head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, said Friday’s earthquake was felt in Manyay city of Davao Oriental province. This earthquake was caused by a movement in the Philippine Trench at a depth of 37 kilometers. It was not immediately clear whether this was a separate earthquake or an aftershock of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake.