Tsunami alert issued after Samoa quake
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday, triggering a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said.
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Description: One of the largest earthquakes in recent memory hit Southeast Asia Sunday morning, setting off tsunamis that killed thousands.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 hit near the South Pacific nation of Samoa on   Thursday and triggered a small tsunami but there were no   reports of damage, officials said.
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India put coastal states and islands on alert against a ``possible&#39;&#39; repeat tsunami and asked people in low-lying areas to move to safer ground, after giant waves on Dec. 26 left more than 7,300 residents dead.
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A TSUNAMI warning that could have saved thousands of lives was issued but not acted upon more than an hour before giant waves hit Sri Lanka and southern India.
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Emergency comes a week after earthquake caused radioactive spill at separate facility.
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 jolted Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific on Wednesday, Japan's weather agency said, triggering a tsunami advisory for Hawaii.
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A powerful earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean, sparking panic in coastal areas across Southeast Asia and causing at least two deaths.
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A tsunami warning was issued for a group of islands south of Tokyo on Wednesday after a strong earthquake off Japan's eastern coast, and authorities urged local residents to evacuate to higher ground.
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A government minister said Tuesday that Indonesia received warnings from two regional agencies that the powerful undersea earthquake had the potential to trigger a tsunami, but it did not try to pass them on to threatened communities.
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India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives issued tsunami alerts after a massive earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island, officials said.
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A massive 8.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island on Wednesday, toppling buildings  and triggering a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region.
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Colombo, December 27: Sri Lanka&#39;s National Meteorological Centre said on Monday it had detected tremors near the Indonesian island of Sumatra and warned more small tsunamis were on their way.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 near the remote Samoa islands group in the South   Pacific had generated a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said on Thursday.
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The state government in India&#39;s Tamil Nadu state, one of the areas hardest hit by Sunday&#39;s Indian Ocean tsunami, issued a tsunami alert on Thursday and warned people to leave coastal areas.
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A strong undersea earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Thursday, briefly triggering a tsunami alert, the country's meteorological and geophysics agency said.
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Japan issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off its eastern coast. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.