The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory, predicting waves of up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) along the southern coast of Kyushu and nearby island of Shikoku. The tremor struck near the eastern coast of Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck southwestern Indonesia, causing significant tremors but no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.
Wednesday's dramatic eruption of the volcano on a remote island in the province of North Sulawesi threw a fiery red column of lava, incandescent rock and ash as much as three km into the sky.
An eyewitness captured puddles on the station floor and filmed the moment people crouched on a train platform while signs above them shook during the quake.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves up to 1 meter (3 feet) above tides were possible for Vanuatu.
New Zealand earthquake: According to the US Geological Survey, the quake was estimated to have been at a depth of 10 km.
Indonesia's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible.
Two other earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 6.2 and 5.6 occurred in the same area within a half hour of the first one, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The massive earthquake struck New Zealand when Doomsday theories have picked up pace as infamous Mayan calendar, which wrongly predicted the end of the world on December 21, 2012, suggests that the world will end for good on June 21, 2020 -- the upcoming Sunday. Scientist says New Zealand "dodged a tsunami bullet" following a 7.4 quake that struck south of the Kermadec Islands.
The earthquake resulted in panic but there were no reports of damage, said spokesman of a national disaster management agency.
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