Chile brackets for Antarctic tsunami with coastal evacuation after a huge earthquake of 7.5 magnitude

Officials fear that a huge tsunami could be on their way to Chile after a force of 7.5 earthquake struck from the coast of Argentina.

The warning came after the earthquake came at about 200 km (124 miles) south of Puerto Williams, near the southern tip of Chile, at 9 o’clock local time.

Chilean disaster authorities said the coastal area of ​​the Magallanes region in southern Chile should be evacuated because of the Tsunami risk.

National threat evaluation systems said that tsunami waves of this earthquake can appear within 300 km (186 miles) of the epicenter.

The national ramp prevention and reaction system added that it will “continue to assess the impact on people and damage to infrastructure and basic services.”

The President Gabriel Boric of the country, a resident of the area, wrote on his X account that: “We are calling for the evacuation of the coastline in the Magallanes region.”

‘At the moment it is our duty to prevent and find out the authorities. Regional and National Cogrid have just begun. All state resources are available, “he added.

File photo shows a glacier in the beagle -channel in South Magallanes and Antarctica region