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Feb. 27: Tsunami-generated waves roll into the southeast coast of Oahu, Hawaii. A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean, threatening Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast as well as hundreds of islands. Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the impending waves, with authorities asking people living near the water to evacuate. Hawaii Department of Emergency Management officers are combing the beaches warning homeless campers of the danger.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: Hawaii Department of Emergency Management officer Robert Uyeda, left, warns homeless campers on Maile Beach of the approaching tsunami in Waianae, Hawaii. A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean, threatening Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast as well as hundreds of islands. Sirens blared in Hawaii to alert residents to the impending waves, with authorities asking people living near the water to evacuate. Hawaii Department of Emergency Management officers are combing the beaches warning homeless campers of the danger.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: Heraldo Akira fuels his van in Honolulu, as drivers wait in line on a road leading to the gas station.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: A homeless camp sits empty after officers from the Hawaii Department of Emergency Management warned campers of a possible tsunami on Maile Beach.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: Aaron Okura, an employee of a hotel in the Waikiki area of Honolulu, helps move several lounge chairs from the swimming-pool area of the hotel.![Motorists Line Up]()
Feb. 27: Motorists line up near a gasoline station in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. Hawaii is under a tsunami warning after an earthquake of Chile. Many residents are loading up on gas and emergency supplies due to the warning.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: Ron Dubois fills a container with fresh water before taking his boat, the CAP N Hook, out of the Ala Wai Boat Harbor in the Waikiki area of Honolulu and away from shore. A tsunami threatened the Pacific Rim on Saturday, with an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Chile sending potentially deadly waves across the ocean.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: Shoppers leave a grocery store with their purchases in Honolulu. Hawaii braced Saturday for a potentially damaging tsunami, after a massive earthquake off Chile sent waves across the Pacific Ocean.![Hawaii Prepares]()
Feb. 27: 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. The State of Hawaii is under a tsunami warning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rattled Chile today.![Tsunami Warning Center]()
Feb. 27: Dr. Vindell Hus reviews earthquake and tsunami data at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The State of Hawaii is under a tsunami warning after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile Saturday.Tsunami Waves Roll Into Hawaii
Officials in Hawaii had ample time to get people out of the potential disaster area, and thousands were evacuated after a tsunami warning was issued for the region.
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