AUSTRALIA has cancelled a tsunami warning for the Cocos Islands after a large 6.4 magnitude undersea earthquake struck nearby.
The islands lie off the northwest coast of Australia.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at a depth of seven kilometres, almost 1100km northwest of Australia's Cocos Islands, also known as the Keeling Islands.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, but the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) issued an alert and advised people not to swim in the sea, and to move away from beaches, harbours, marinas and coastal estuaries. Evacuations from the area were unnecessary, it said.
The centre cancelled the warning around three-and-a-half hours later. It had put the quake at a magnitude of 6.6.
The Cocos Islands are located 2,750km northwest of Perth.
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