The powerful earthquake was recorded in the Drake Passage, a maritime zone between the tip of South America and Antarctica.

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The powerful earthquake was recorded in the Drake Passage, a maritime zone between the tip of South America and the Antarctic ...

The powerful earthquake was recorded in the Drake Passage, a maritime zone between ... lying on the convergence of three tectonic plates: the Nazca, the South American, and the Antarctic plates.

More information: Huw J. Horgan et al, A West Antarctic grounding-zone environment shaped by episodic water flow, Nature Geoscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01687-3 ...

Here’s how it works. Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and it's been that way for around 34 million years.