Tsunami waves hit Hawaii, sweep across islands
Tsunami waves hit Hawaii in the early morning hours Friday and were sweeping through the island chain after an earthquake in Japan sparked evacuations throughout the Pacific and as far as the US western coast.
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Vanuatu Islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean at 10.02pm Thursday after another temblor of similar strength had hit Taiwan earlier in the day.