A huge 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Argentina on Friday, the Daily Express reports.

The tremor hit in the Drake Passage, 136 miles south of Ushuaia, in southern Argentina, just before 9am local time.

The earthquake was followed just minutes later by a tsunami alert, with people being urged to move away from the coast and reach a higher place.

The alert for "hazardous waves," a message by the US Tsunami Warning System reads, is in place for coasts located within 186 miles of the earthquake epicenter—including southern Argentina and Chile.