The overnight quakes off the Indonesian coast sparked fears of damaging tsunamis, but they did not materialise, because of horizontal movement.

Two massive earthquakes off Indonesia's western coast triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for most areas of the Indian Ocean, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.

The Saturday lie-in has been interrupted by an earthquake in Wairarapa this morning.

A year on, Michael Dickison finds a Government keen to improve its world image while its citizens struggle on.

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck near Acapulco in Mexico. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck 52km northest of Ometepec and 183km east of Acapulco at a depth of 10kms.