An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale was registered in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, the US Geological Survey reported.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 706 kilometers northwest of the city of Toluín on the Argentine island of Tierra del Fuego, at a depth of 10.8 kilometers.
The US Meteorological Service warned of a tsunami threat.
Yesterday, seismologists registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 on the scale on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The tremor occurred 82 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at 7:49 a.m. local time.