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South American country Argentina has a powerful 7.5 magnitude. Due to this, a tsunami warning has been issued. The earthquake occurred at 6:30 pm Indian time.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea passage in the sea, 222 km from the southern state of Ushuaiya, Argentina, which was 10 km in depth. According to the US Geological Survey, 3 after shocks of 5.4, 5.7 and 5.6 intensity also came in 15 minutes in the same place.
Let us know that Drake Passage is a maritime area between Cape Horn, Chile, Argentina and South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.
The administration has asked people to go to higher places. In the affected areas, tsunami warning sirens have started ringing. No casualties have been reported yet. A day earlier, there was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Argentina.
The photo is from the center of the earthquake, which has been released by the American Geological Survey.
People have come out of their homes after the earthquake.
People are leaving for high places after tsunami warning.
The sign board of the shop present in the area is moving due to the earthquake.
Chile's southern coast is being evacuated
The coastal areas of Chile, neighboring Argentina's neighboring country, have also been kept on alert. The warning states that the waves can reach Puerto Williams of Chile. Chile's National Disaster Service has asked to vacate the entire southern coast. Instructions have been given to local officials for this.
Chile President Gabriel Borik said that the country has all the resources to deal with the earthquake. He said in social media posts that we appeal to people to move away from the beach in Magallan area. At this time we have to follow the instructions of the officials completely.
The Tsunami Warning System of the US will again issue a warning in the next one hour.
Tactonic plates collide earthquakes
The earth is located on large tactonic plates. The fluid below it is lava. These plates keep floating continuously and sometimes collides with each other. Many times the corners of the plates are twisted by colliding and these plates start to break when there is more pressure.
In such a situation, the energy released from the bottom searches for the way out and after this disaster, there is an earthquake. When the tactoneic plates move within several miles of the earth, the energy is emerged equal to hundreds of atomic bombs.
