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6.6 earthquake in Atlantic, north of Brazilian coast

A 6.6 magnitude earthquakestruck hundreds kilometers off the northern Brazilian coast in the Atlantic Ocean while there has been no immediate warnings of a possible tsunami.

The quake, that struck on Monday, was located 1,455 kilometers north of Belem, in northern Brazil, at a depth of

10 kilometers, the USGS said in a statement.

There were no immediate warnings of a possible tsunami as a result of the tremor from the US National Weather Service Tsunami Centre. - DDNEWS

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