Tsunami, Magnitude 7 | featured news

An official says the first waves are usually not the biggest, and it could be as long as seven hours before the warning is canceled. The tsunami was generated by a 7.7 quake off Canada.

A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and triggering tsunami warnings in the region that sent coastal residents fleeing to high ground.

A powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck northeast of an island off Honduras early on Thursday and a tsunami watch was in effect for countries along the Caribbean Sea coast, quake and tsunami agencies said.