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(Reuters) - A magnitude 7.1 quake struck on Monday in the southern Atlantic Ocean, close to the South Sandwich Islands north of Antarctica, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.5, was in a remote area and fairly deep underground.
The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said in an advisory that it did not cause a tsunami threat.
(Reporting by Sandra Maler in Washington; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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