5:11 AM: Map: Epicenter of the earthquake A 7.4 ... as large as magnitude 6.4. Tsunami warnings were issued for Taiwan, the Okinawa islands of Japan and parts of the Philippines.

Ishigaki, close to Taiwan 2011 was the last time a tsunami warning was issued for Okinawa, following the massive March 11 earthquake that struck off the Tohoku region and set off huge waves there.

Fear of a Taiwan war rekindles bitter memories here of the Battle of Okinawa, in which about 200,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, were killed. Historians say the army sacrificed Okinawa ...

(AP Photo) Fear of a Taiwan war rekindles bitter memories here of the Battle of Okinawa, in which about 200,000 people, nearly half of them civilians, were killed. Historians say the army ...