Taipei, Taiwan: Japan's Meteorological Bureau said on Tuesday a one-meter high tsunami triggered by a powerful quake off Taiwan was headed toward the east coast of the Philippines.
''There is a possibility of a destructive local tsunami,'' the bureau said, saying waves were expected to hit Basco in the Philippines.
Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said the quake struck at about 8:34 p.m. (1234 GMT) and measured magnitude 6.7, while the US Geological Survey put it at magnitude 7.1.
A magnitude 6.4 aftershock struck later off southwestern Taiwan, the Taiwanese bureau said.
No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
The quakes hit on the second anniversary of a massive earthquake off Indonesia that triggered a powerful tsunami in the Indian Ocean which killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
Tuesday's quake was felt throughout Taiwan, Taiwan's weather bureau said. It swayed buildings and knocked objects off the shelves in the capital, Taipei.
The tremor was centered at sea about 23 kilometers (13 miles) southwest of Hengchun on the southern tip of Taiwan, the bureau said.
Hengchun is about 450 kilometers (260 miles) south of Taipei.
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