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Chile Quake Triggers Tsunami Alerts in Asia

   VOA News 27 February 2010
   With  a  computer  graphic  showing the possible path of tsunami waves
   from  an earthquake in Chile, Dr. Charles McCreery speaks on the phone
   at  the  Pacific  Tsunami Warning Center, in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, 27 Feb
   2010

Photo: AP

   With  a  computer  graphic  showing the possible path of tsunami waves
   from  an earthquake in Chile, Dr. Charles McCreery speaks on the phone
   at  the  Pacific  Tsunami Warning Center, in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, 27 Feb
   2010

   Countries  in  the  Asia-Pacific  region  are  bracing  for a possible
   tsunami following a massive earthquake in Chile.
   The  Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a warning for the
   Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia and many island nations in the Pacific.
   A lower-level advisory was issued for the northern Pacific region.
   Some countries issued their own tsunami alerts.
   The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Center put that country's eastern
   states  on  a  tsunami  watch.  Officials  said  a tsunami could reach
   Australia early Sunday and cause flooding.
   New  Zealand  also  is  on alert with officials warning of waves up to
   three meters high.
   Officials  in  the  Philippines are planning for possible evacuations.
   The  country  is  still recovering from last year's deadly storms that
   caused flooding and land slides.
   Japan's Meteorological Agency also issued a tsunami warning.
   A   7.0-magnitude   quake   shook  southern  Japan  earlier  Saturday.
   Seismologists  at the U.S. Geological Survey said its epicenter was in
   the  Pacific  Ocean,  85  kilometers  off  the  coast of the island of
   Okinawa.
   The  2004  Indian Ocean tsunami is the most destructive on record.  It
   was  generated  by  a 9.0-magnitude underwater quake with an epicenter
   near Indonesia's Sumatra island.  It killed about 150,000 people, most
   of them in south Asia and southeast Asia.


   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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