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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Japan evacuates 320,000 on tsunami alert AFP - Monday, March 1 Send IM Story Print Japan evacuates 320,000 on tsunami alert TOKYO (AFP) - – Japan evacuated 320,000 people Sunday as a tsunami triggered by Chile's earthquake hit its Pacific coast, but fears of destructive waves ebbed across the rest of the Pacific's vast "Ring of Fire". Russia cancelled its tsunami warning after only minor waves reached the Kamchatka peninsula, while doughty swimmers and surfers in Australia defied official warnings and flocked to the beach. Warning sirens had wailed as about 50 countries and territories along an arc stretching from New Zealand to Japan went on alert, five years after the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that killed more than 220,000 people. Waves pummelled Chile and rolled through into Hawaii, French Polynesia and the South Pacific as the tsunami moved at jet-speed across the vast ocean after Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake, which left at least 300 people dead. Related article: Chile quake kills over 300 Five people were killed on the remote Robinson Crusoe archipelago far off the coast of Chile, the first reported tsunami casualties, but elsewhere no significant damage was reported and surges of water were smaller than expected. In Japan, one of the world's most quake-prone nations, authorities were taking no chances. A total of 320,000 people in its eastern Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures were evacuated, Kyodo news agency reported and sea gates in fishing ports slammed shut. Along with Russia, Japan lies on the outer edge of the "Ring of Fire", a belt of seismic fury responsible for most of the world's tremors and volcanoes. Tsunami waves up to 90 centimetres (35 inches) high buffeted Japan's Pacific coast, but officials warned there was still a threat of later waves of up to three metres (10 feet). "Please do not approach the coast at any cost," Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama warned residents. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted its tsunami warning for everywhere except Japan and Russia, but the Philippines was also bracing for outsized waves. The Chilean disaster revived raw memories for Japan, where 140 lives were lost in 1960 when a 9.5-magnitude earthquake in the South American nation -- the largest on record -- sent a tsunami roaring across the Pacific. Thousands of families in the Philippines also fled coastal areas. "The most important thing is for people not to panic. We have prepared all our local government units since last night," said Albay provincial official Joey Salceda. The Hawaii centre, set up by Pacific governments after the 1960 tsunami, had warned of possible "widespread damage" from waves as high as three metres. In Hawaii itself, the tsunami led to the evacuation of thousands of people and triggered panic buying of food, water and fuel. But there was little damage in the event. US President Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii, had warned that the US western seaboard might see dangerous waves and currents throughout the day. "In the hours ahead, we'll continue to take every step possible to prepare our shores and protect our citizens," he said. One tsunami nearly 2.5 metres high slammed into Talcahuano, one of about 11 coastal towns in Chile pounded by the surge. Trawlers were sent shooting inland to the town square where they lay marooned next to abandoned cars. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a partial evacuation of Easter Island, but the island of about 4,000 people, known for its monolithic stone statues, received a relatively small onrush of water. In the island paradise of French Polynesia schools were closed, the port in Papeete was evacuated and thousands in Tahiti's hillside areas were taken to safety as the waves hit. Waves up to 1.5 metres rammed New Zealand's eastern Chatham Islands. In Australia, the size of the surge dropped to around 40 centimetres although strong currents rolled up the east coast. Lorentz Engdahl, a regular on Sydney's famed Bondi Beach, was one of many to brave the warnings and take a sea dip, as hundreds rushed to outlooks along the Australian coast to watch for giant waves. "The biggest danger right now are the blue bottles," Engdahl said in reference to the stinging jellyfish that are a common nuisance on Australian beaches. People in Tonga and the Cook Islands fled to higher ground, still jittery after a South Pacific tsunami killed more than 180 in September. 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