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The death toll from a powerful earthquake...

the largest in the Chilean Juan Fernandez archipelago, and is heading toward Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean where evacuations to higher ground are underway.

Some 50 nations have been placed under a tsunami advisory. Areas of concern are the Hawaiian Islands, French Polynesia, Australia, and Japan. Russia"s Far Eastern region was also advised, but local emergency authorities have stated that the region is in no danger.

MOSCOW, February 27 (RIA Novosti)



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