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Strong 6.8. earthquake off Colombia west coast-USGS

10 Sep 2007 02:35:21 GMT
Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit near the west coast of Colombia on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage.

Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, told Reuters by telephone: "At this moment we are not giving any warning to any area. There might be small waves locally."

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