We explored multi-epoch observations along different fields (50 sq. deg.) surrounding the Centauri stellar system, looking for short-period variable stars. We report periods in the range from 0.03 to 1 day, in I and V bands observations, for 600 sources that exhibit strong signs of variability in our data, including 125 variable SX Phoenicis stars, 28 eclipsing binaries, 3 W UMa-type variable stars, 167 Scuti stars, and others of ambiguous classification. This study found marginal evidence for tidal tails and/or overdensities from short-period pulsating stars surrounding the Centauri stellar system.