Some scientists defend tsunami predictions after giant waves failed to materialize

Some scientists defend tsunami warnings

HONOLULU — The warning was ominous, its predictions dire: Oceanographers issued a bulletin telling Hawaii and other Pacific islands that a killer wave was heading their way with terrifying force and that “urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property.”

Scientists defend panic-inducing tsunami predictions after giant waves failed to materialize

Scientists defend warning after tsunami nonevent

Pacific Tsunami takes aim at Japan after sparing the US, much of Latin America

Tsunami spares US, takes aim at Japan

HONOLULU — With a rapt world watching the drama unfold on live television, a tsunami raced across a quarter of the globe on Saturday and set off fears of a repeat of the carnage that caught the world off guard in Asia in 2004.

Tsunami in Pacific Ocean sets off widespread panic but damage is limited

Tsunami sets off panic but does little damage

Tsunami spawned by massive Chile earthquake rushes ashore in Hawaii on its way to Asia

Quake-triggered tsunami rushes ashore in Hawaii

Tsunami expert says ‘We dodged a bullet’ from earthquake-spawned waves

Tsunami expert: ‘We dodged a bullet’

HILO, Hawaii — A official at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says Hawaii “dodged a bullet” after a major earthquake sent powerful waves roiling around the Pacific.