Some residents of eastern Australia experienced brief panic on Wednesday morning after the Bureau of Meteorology sent out a test tsunami warning to residents across New South Wales, Queensland, and as far inland as Canberra.

A tsunami warning was issued for Japan's Izu and Ogasawara islands after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake. The quake, off Torishima island, caused no major damage, but a small 50 cm tsunami hit Hachijo island.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's remote Izu Islands on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting local weather authorities to issue a tsunami warning. A one-metre (3.

Taylor said the test warnings were cancelled immediately after they were issued, and the bureau acknowledged and apologised for any confusion it caused. “Testing ensures the bur

The bureau apologised and said there was no threat after the tsunami alert was sent in error to users of the BOM Weather app between 11am and 12pm today.

The BoM is part of the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC), which operates 24 hours a day to detect, monitor, verify and warn of any tsunami threats to the coastline o

The Bureau of Meteorology says there is no tsunami headed to Australia after sending a false warning to half the country earlier today.