Solomon Islands tsunami warning lifted after massive 7.8 quake

A tsunami warning has been lifted in parts of the South Pacific after a massive earthquake measuring 7.7 hit off the Solomon Islands in the early hours of Friday morning. The epicentre of the quake, which hit at 4:38am (1738 GMT Thursday), was located 68 kilometres (42 miles) west of Kirakira, a provincial capital in…

Tsunami warning issued after 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan

  A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan this morning, triggering tsunamis along the coast including a one-metre (3.3-foot) wave that crashed ashore at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. The 5:59 a.m. quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 in the northeastern…