Shortly after 0600 GMT, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said 1-1.2-metre waves were impacting the Hawaiian islands.
Several people were injured, while much of Japan's eastern seaboard was ordered to evacuate.
A moderate earthquake rattled Dhaka and several other parts of the country in the early hours of Wednesday.
The recent 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and parts of Thailand serves as yet another warning for Dhaka.
Dhaka, Ctg, Sylhet, Mymensingh most vulnerable regions, it says
The series of six earthquakes that shook Myanmar yesterday, occurring along the Sagaing fault -- the country’s longest faultline -- served as a stark reminder of Dhaka’s earthquake vulnerability.
The tremor was felt at 11:36am
The quake was felt simultaneously in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Bhutan, and China.
The temblor struck at a shallow depth
A strong and shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Athens, knocking out phone connections, collapsing a couple of abandoned buildings and causing power outages, as worried residents rushed into the streets.
The deputy executive editor-in-chief of Sin Chew Daily Tai Siew Kim is killed in a landslide caused by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in Lombok Island of Indonesia.
The light tremor, measuring 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale, is felt in different parts of the country including the capital.
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported that a 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted East Nusa Tenggara’s West Sumba of Indonesia again.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Iran's western border with Iraq injured more than 600 people, most suffering minor wounds, state television has said. No fatalities have been reported.
Daybreak reveals chaos and destruction across the Indonesian resort island of Lombok after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed at least 91 people and prompted an exodus of tourists rattled by the second powerful quake in a week.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just to the northeast of the city of Hualien in Taiwan tonight, the US Geological Survey says, causing a hotel to collapse and forcing the closure of a nearby highway, the government says.
A mild earthquake jolts the northern districts of Bangladesh including Rajshahi.
A mild earthquake jolts some parts of the country’s northern districts.
A tremor jolted different parts of the country, including the capital, yesterday morning.
