A strong but deep earthquake struck east of India’s Andaman Islands on early Tuesday, seismologists said. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake at 1.21 a.m. local time (1951 UTC) was centered about 122 kilometers (76 miles) east-southeast of Port Blair, the capital of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It struck about 127.7 kilometers (79.4 miles) deep, making it a deep earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There was no immediate word of damage or casualties from the earthquake, and no tsunami alert was issued.
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