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7 Richter… An earthquake hits the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica


Hit Its magnitude reached 7 degrees on the Richter scale in the Drake Passage area located between Cape Horn in the far south of South America and Antarctica.

The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) explained in a statement that It occurred at (20:29) GMT on Friday, at a depth of approximately (10) kilometers, at latitude (60.15) degrees south and longitude (61.81) degrees west.

No losses

According to initial reports, no human losses or material damage were recorded as a result of the earthquake, while the US Geological Survey confirmed that no Issuance of any tsunami warnings (

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