<p>A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near the coast of Peru on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.</p><p>The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.</p><p>GFZ earlier pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.4.</p><p>The US National Tsunami Warning Center said there is a tsunami threat from the quake, based on available data, having earlier said there was no tsunami threat. </p><p>However, it later retracted the warning.</p>
<p>A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck near the coast of Peru on Friday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.</p><p>The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.</p><p>GFZ earlier pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.4.</p><p>The US National Tsunami Warning Center said there is a tsunami threat from the quake, based on available data, having earlier said there was no tsunami threat. </p><p>However, it later retracted the warning.</p>