Tsunami waves hit the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia. While initial ...

Authorities in French Polynesia have issued a tsunami alert for the Marquesas Islands following a massive earthquake off ...

Authorities in French Polynesia warned the population of several of the Marquesas Islands to expect tsunami waves up to 4 metres high in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a huge quake off ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Tsunami waves began hitting the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia early on Wednesday, but the waves were forecast to be smaller than initially feared, local authorities said. The ...

After receiving a Tsunami alert in the Marquesas Islands, French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu said that the military in French Polynesia is on standby to help with rescue operations or medical ...

(About 9,000 people total live in the Marquesas, which has a combined 405 square miles.) Just like at other islands, friendly locals arrive in their own dusty 4X4 Toyota pickups to ferry us around.

Reporting from Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands — The tale is told that 23-year-old Herman Melville jumped ship when he visited the Marquesas Islands in 1842. Melville, who would eventually write ...

The Marquesas are a group of volcanic islands situated some 740 miles northeast of Tahiti. By plane, the journey from Papeete takes roughly three-and-a-half hours. They're so remote—located farther ...

Going ashore, we learn the Marquesas have, in fact, a long human history, beginning with the arrival of Polynesians from other South Pacific islands as early as 500 B.C.

Travel journalists Kinga Philipps and Justin Walter joined us to talk about the magic of the less-traveled Marquesas Islands. They shared some of their favorite islands and activities to check out ...