RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday, January 23rd, off the coast of Antarctica, with authorities issuing a tsunami warning for Chile's Eduardo Frei base on the frigid continent, emergency officials said.
The interior ministry said on Twitter that a tremor of magnitude 7.1 struck at 8.36 p.m. 216 km northeast of the O'Higgins Chilean scientific base and called for the coastal regions of Antarctica to be evacuated because of tsunami risk.
Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to . . .
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