Tsunami warning system

The 7.3-magnitude quake was measured at a depth of 380 miles (617 km) at 2:13′ pm local time. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS) the quake struck in the centre of the Celebes Sea, off Sulu.

An aftershock of 4,9 magnitude was recorded 12 minutes later.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck 225 km (140 miles) southwest of Puerto Montt in southern Chile on Dec. 25, the United States Geological Survey has said. 

It was earlier reported as magnitude 7.6. 

The quake's depth was measured at about 15 km (nine miles). 

Residents of the remote Solomon Islands rushed into the hills after a powerful 7.8 earthquake struck early on Dec. 9, with some reports of small tsunami waves as aftershocks rattled the South Pacific nation. 

BELGRADE - A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Central America. It was felt in several countries across the region. The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning.

"Hazardous" tsumani waves are possible within 300km of the quake epicenter along the coasts of Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras, the Center specified.

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake has rocked Japan, a day after a strong 6.5 earthquake had hit the Kiusus island. The earthquake struck in the early morning hours of Saturday with the epicenter southeast of Kumamoto, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami warning has been issued by Japanese authorities. Details about casualties are not yet available.

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck off Kyushu on the south-western coast of Japan at 5.51 a.m. (local time) on Saturday near the Sendai atomic plant. The quake had a depth of about 10 kilometers.

A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile on Sept.16, killing at least five people, forcing the evacuation of one million and sparking warnings that tsunami waves could reach as far as Japan.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea Monday, sending startled residents fleeing from their homes, but a tsunami threat passed with no immediate reports of major damage.
      

Residents in a remote section of the US Aleutian islands rushed to higher ground Monday after an 7.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Alaska triggered a local tsunami warning, an official said.
      
But the warnings were lifted an hour or two after the quake, which struck at 2053 GMT some 24 kilometers southeast of remote Little Sitkin Island, in the western Aleutians.