Quake, magnitude 6.1, strikes western Brazil

WASHINGTON, July 21 (Reuters) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck the Amazonas region in western Brazil on Saturday morning, the United States Geological Survey said.

The quake struck just before 9:30 a.m. local time (1800 IST) 171 km east of the city of Cruzeiro do Sul, at a depth of 632 km (393 miles), the USGS said.

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