Latin Americans evacuate, but no tsunami damage
Islanders and coastal residents along Latin America's Pacific seaboard moved to higher ground Friday as a precaution against possible tsunami following the superquake that bashed northeastern Japan with huge waves.
But by the time the tsunami traveled across the wide Pacific Ocean on its way to the southern hemisphere, only slightly higher waters than normal came ashore in Mexico's Baja California, the coasts of Honduras and Colombia, Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, Chile's Easter Island and then the mainland in Peru and Chile. (AP)
