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Strong earthquake near Portugal's Azores
focusnews-en Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:56:00 +0100
Washington. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean near Portugal's Azores Islands, the US Geological Survey said Wednesday, AFP announced. Â© 2009 All rights reserved. Reproducing this websiteâ??s contents requires obligatory reference to FOCUS Information Agency! ....

Earthquake near Portugalâ??s Azores
apakistannews Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:36:00 +0100
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday hundreds of kilometres off Portugalâ??s Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, US and Portuguese geologists said. The US Geological Survey said that the quake struck 445 kilometres (277 miles) south of the islands at a depth of 10 km at 4:41 pm (1841 GMT), but it was not felt in [.

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