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Magnitude 6.4 quake hits off Andamans [1]

A magnitude 6.4 quake struck east of Andaman Islands and triggered a local tsunami warning, the US Geological Survey and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported on Tuesday.

The USGS said the quake struck at 1:21 a.m. on Tuesday (1951 GMT on Monday) 75 miles (120 km) east of Port Blair at a depth of 79.4 miles (127.7 km).

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Natural Disasters [3], Earthquakes [4], Tsunami [5], Geology [6], Andamans [7], Port Blair [8], Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]

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