APRIL 2 UPDATE from New Zealand Herald:
Witnesses are beginning to describe scenes of devastation after a huge earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Solomon Islands, killing at least 12 people and triggering panic as homes were sucked into the sea.
APRIL 1 — A tsunami advisory was issued Sunday afternoon for North Pacific coastal residents of Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and California in response to tsunami reports and deaths in the Solomon Islands following a large earthquake.
No damaging tsunami was expected in the north, since no significant rise in sea level had appeared outside South Pacific areas close to the quake, according to a message posted by the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii also said northern areas should not be impacted, but it did issue tsunami warnings for the Solomon Islands, Fiji, parts of New Guinea and New Zealand, and northeastern Australia.