A vast arc of Pacific nations from New Zealand to Japan went on tsunami alert on Saturday after Chile's killer earthquake, with French Polynesia first in the firing line and Hawaii also braced for impact. Governments across the Pacific's "Ring of Fire" implemented emergency preparations that were beefed up after the Indian Ocean disaster of 2004, when a ...

Japanese authorities warned of a tsunami risk across wide areas of the Pacific after Chile's huge earthquake, saying that any tsunami could reach Japan around noon (0300 GMT) on Sunday. Asian nations are highly sensitive to any tsunami risk following the massive Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 that left over 220,000 people dead. In the Philippines ...

The US government on Saturday issued a tsunami warning for all Pacific nations following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. "Sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated which could cause widespread damage," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Japanese authorities warned of a tsunami risk across wide areas of the Pacific after a major earthquake struck Chile on Saturday, with US geologists saying the risk extended as far as the Antarctic. Asian nations are highly sensitive to any tsunami risk following the massive Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 that left over 220,000 people dead. In ...