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Tsunami Warning Canceled for All Countries

   VOA News 28 February 2010
   A resident removes the rubble of a destroyed house in Talca, Chile, 27
   Feb. 2010

   A resident removes the rubble of a destroyed house in Talca, Chile, 27
   Feb. 2010

   The  Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in the U.S. island state of Hawaii
   has  canceled  a  Pacific-wide  tsunami  alert issued after the deadly
   earthquake in Chile.
   The  Center  lifted  the warning Sunday after waves of about one meter
   were reported as far away as Japan and Russia.  The waves were smaller
   than predicted
   There were no reports of significant damage or injuries in the Pacific
   region,  after  hundreds  of  thousands  of people were evacuated from
   coastal  areas in various countries, including the Philippines and New
   Zealand.
   However,  the tsunami killed at least five people on an island off the
   coast  of  Chile, and 11 others are reported missing on Chile's remote
   Robinson Crusoe island.
   The  2004  Indian Ocean tsunami is the most destructive on record.  It
   was generated by a magnitude-9 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 AP, AFP and Reuters.

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