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No Tsunami After Underwater Quake
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The 6.9-magnitude quake struck at 1:41 a.m. local time, the USGS said.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency put the preliminary magnitude at 7.2.
The quake, with a depth of about six miles, was centered in the Scotia Sea, approximately 305 miles southwest of Bristol Island in the South Sandwich island group, the USGS said.