Magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks South Atlantic, prompting tsunami advisory for parts of Antarctica
The temblor happened at 11:16 p.m. local time in Argentina about 710 km southeast of Ushuaia, Argentina, in the Drake Passage, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. | Photo Credit: Photo credit: earthquake.usgs.gov “A major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean on Thursday (August 22, 2025),” the United States Geological Survey…

