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Magnitude 6.4 quake hits off India's Andamans - USGS


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 quake struck east of India's Andaman Islands and triggered a local tsunami warning, the U.S. Geological Survey and Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre reported on Monday.

    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).

    "Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a few hundred kilometres (miles) of the earthquake epicentre," the tsunami warning centre said.

    (Reporting by Sandra Maler; Editing by Peter Cooney)