A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the southern coastlines of Chile and Argentina on Friday morning, prompting widespread concern and emergency measures, including a tsunami alert. The tremor was recorded at 9:58 a.m. local time and occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers beneath the Drake Passage, a body of water separating South America from Antarctica. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake’s epicenter was located roughly 222 kilometers south of the Chilean cit