The quake was also felt over northern Peru and southern Colombia
Seven gunmen in a speed boat attacked two Indonesian flagged tugboats off the cost of Sitangkay island in Tawi-tawi.
Singapore police have said more than 400 reports have been filed so far relating to the scam.
United States called the test of the road-mobile missile a "fiery, catastrophic" failure.
The latest revelation by the Saudi minister was scoffed at by opposition media in Malaysia.
The intensity of the fresh 7.3-magnitude tremor matched that of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
A Xinhua article said neither muscle-flexing nor arbitrary intervention will shake China's resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and maritime right.
The US move could aggravate the Chinese resistance against any other country claiming parts of the territory.
The G7 foreign ministers' meeting held in Hiroshima on Monday is yet another move by 'outsiders' to fuel militarization of the region, according to Xinhua.
Currently, permissions have to be sought each time there is a US requirement.
The move by the police and public health departments is expected to sensitise the public.
The lower house will next decide on putting the president to trial.
As none has emerged with the necessary 50% vote share, there should be a run-off between the top two, which has now been slated to 5 June.
The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction had offered to nominate from the new coalition current speaker Volodymyr Groysman as teh new PM.
The feud follows a long list of events held by his party to commemorate his father's death a year back.