Strong but deep earthquake strikes east of India’s Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal
By Javier Mines
ANDAMAN ISLANDS (BNO NEWS) — 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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Location map of the earthquake. 
A 6.4 moment magnitude earthquake has hit near the , Bay of the Bengal, India, on Tuesday at 1:21:48 AM local time (Monday 19:51:48 UTC), USGS has reported.

The earthquake had a depth of 127.7 kilometers (79.4 miles). The epicenter was located 120 kilometers southeast of , Andaman Islands; 350 kilometers north of , ; 795 kilometers southwest of Bangkok, Thailand and 2580 kilometers southeast of New Delhi, India.

No casualties or damage have been reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said there was a "very small possibility of a local tsunami near the centre" but no possibility of a destructive, widespread tsunami.