Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:15pm IST:
The warning from the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said that all islands in the Hawaiian chain were in the path of potential damage from a tsunami.
The tsunami warning was extended to the entire Pacific basin, except for the U.S. mainland and Canada. Officials on the U.S. island territory of Guam in the western Pacific ordered evacuations of low-lying areas.
The government advisory put the estimated arrival time in Hawaii of a first tsunami wave at 3 a.m. local time.
In Fukushima prefecture, four million homes were without power. The 8.9 magnitude quake caused many injuries, public broadcaster NHK said, sparked fires and the wall of water, prompting warnings to people to move to higher ground in coastal areas.Japan nuclear plants shut after quake.
The warning from the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said that all islands in the Hawaiian chain were in the path of potential damage from a tsunami.
The tsunami warning was extended to the entire Pacific basin, except for the U.S. mainland and Canada. Officials on the U.S. island territory of Guam in the western Pacific ordered evacuations of low-lying areas.
The government advisory put the estimated arrival time in Hawaii of a first tsunami wave at 3 a.m. local time.
In Fukushima prefecture, four million homes were without power. The 8.9 magnitude quake caused many injuries, public broadcaster NHK said, sparked fires and the wall of water, prompting warnings to people to move to higher ground in coastal areas.Japan nuclear plants shut after quake.
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