• In the city of Iloilo about 400 kilometres (250 miles) southwest of Masbate in the neighbouring Visayas region, residents ran out onto the streets.

8 The shallow quake hit at 0612 GMT Wednesday about 500 miles southwest of Anchorage, and around 60 miles south-southeast of the remote settlement of Perryville, the US Geological Survey said.

• A powerful earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit southern Mexico.

• The highest waves are expected along Mexico's southern coast near where the 7.4 quake hit hardest, the center said.

• The epicentre of the quake is stated to be in Afghanistan with a depth of 223 km

• There were no immediate reports of injury or damage caused by the earthquake, whose epicentre was 132 kilometres (82 miles) northwest of Naze, Japan.
• Japan's Kyodo News agency reported that the earthquake was felt in Okinawa as well as the island of K

• Indonesia's national weather and climate agency (BMKG) gave a magnitude of 7.1 and depth of 111 km. The GFZ put the quake's depth at 105 km.
• Indonesia is situated on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, which is frequently hit by earthquakes that are

• The US Geological Survey placed the quake's epicentre about 62 km southwest of San Pedro de Atacama.

• Iranian media said there was no immediate information on casualties or damage from the quake, which felt in Iran's western Ilam province.