A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Drake Passage, the remote stretch of ocean between South America and Antarctica, shaking the Earth beneath the icy waters. Initially reported as an 8.0 quake,

Drake Passage is a turbulent, 500-mile-wide strait between South America and Antarctica, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

The epicenter of the 7.5-magnitude quake was in the Drake Passage, a body of water between the southernmost tip of South America and Antarctica.