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
Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says.
At least 272 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,500 people injured after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the casualties and destruction following the earthquakes at Kumamoto and southern Japan.
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 77 people in Ecuador, Vice-President Jorge Glas says.A state of emergency is declared in six provinces and the National Guard is mobilised.
Female students of the nursing institute attached to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College start vacating their hostel two days after the authorities shut the institute due to cracks that developed on the building following an earthquake.
It is with a heavy heart that we offer our sincerest condolences to the families of those who have lost their dear ones during a devastating earthquake in southwestern Japan.
The Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has completed a primary inspection and identified nine buildings in different areas of the
A powerful earthquake has struck near the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto, a day after a tremor there killed at least nine people. The magnitude-7.1 quake at a depth of 10km (6 miles) hit at 01:25 on Saturday (16:25 GMT on Friday). A second - smaller - quake hit later. A tsunami warning was issued, but has now been lifted.
An eight-month-old baby has been rescued from a flattened house with no visible injuries after an earthquake in Japan.
Chittagong Development Authority identifies three of nine buildings, which tilted during yesterday’s earthquake, as “dangerous”.
