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Tsunami warning cancelled after quake off India's Andaman
10 Aug 2009 22:26:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
PORT BLAIR, India, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A tsunami warning issued in the wake of a magnitude 7.6 earthquake off India's Andaman Islands has been cancelled, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake early on Tuesday had triggered a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh. More than two hours after the quake there were no reports of a tsunami from ocean rim countries or of any casualties from the tremor.
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