The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas, saying waves reaching 1 to 3 meters (3 to 9 feet) above the tide level were possible.

Both quakes hit at a relatively shallow depth of 15 kilometres, about 272 kilometres from the town of Abepura, according to the USGS.

A massive earthquake has rocked Greece today with the tremors being felt as far away as Egypt and Syria, reports say.

At least 48 people were killed by a tsunami in an Indonesian island city, Sulawesi the country’s disaster agency said on Saturday, announcing its first official death toll.     The agency added that another 356 people were injured in …