Tsunami alerts for some Asia-Pacific areas have now been lifted - Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand are among them.

Tsunami waves spawned by a massive earthquake in Japan have hit Hawaii.

Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific were braced for a destructive tsunami today caused by the massive Japanese earthquake.

The tsunami from Chile’s deadly earthquake hit Japan’s main islands and the shores of Russia today but the smaller-than-expected waves prompted the lifting of a Pacific-wide alert.

The first tsunami from an earthquake in Chile hit Japan’s outlying islands today, but while the initial waves were small and most of the Pacific islands already in its path were spared damage, officials warned a bigger surge could follow.

OFF the back of one of the wettest summers on record, the momentum for those booking a short break in the sun this winter is as strong as ever.

“I WAS strangled in Hawaii in late March 1974, on my way to Vietnam. My assailant was a former Green Beret I was interviewing in my hotel room. He left me for dead.”

A strong earthquake shook Hawaii yesterday, jolting residents out of bed and causing a landslide that blocked a major road.