Tsunami Fades in Asia as Hawaii, U.S. West Coast on Alert

Taiwan roads reopened and the Philippines and Indonesia reported no unusual waves after Japan’s strongest earthquake on record triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including the U.S. west coast.

Sirens sounded in Hawaii and low-lying areas were evacuated after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center raised an alert following the 8.9-magnitude temblor off Japan’s northeast, the Associated Press reported. Waves hit Kauai around 3 a.m. local time, according to the agency’s reports. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center extended the warning to the U.S. west seaboard.