The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center early Friday issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas along the United States and Canadian west coasts. Tsunami warnings were issued Friday for at least 20 countries and numerous Pacific islands, including Japan, coastal Russia and the Marcus Islands, the Northern Marianas, Wake Island, Taiwan and Guam.
List of countries threatened by tsunami
A tsunami is sweeping across the Pacific Ocean after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu Island, Japan. Tsunami waves can travel at speeds of 800 kilometers (497 miles) per hour. Earthquake magnitudes: What do they mean?
The quake struck about 2:40 p.m. local time Friday in Tokyo, interrupting a sunny spring afternoon.
Indian Ocean tsunami killed about 250,000 people in 14 countries.
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