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

(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.

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.

The shallow quake damaged buildings and injured several people in the remote Russian region, while much of Japan's eastern ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Authorities in French Polynesia warned the population of several of the Marquesas Islands to expect tsunami waves up to four metres high in the early hours of Wednesday morning after ...

Getty Images So much has changed in the 420 years since the first Spanish explorers refused to anchor at the Marquesas Islands, occupying the far outpost of French Polynesia between Tahiti and Peru.

Authorities in French Polynesia warn residents of the Marquesas Islands to expect tsunami waves up to four meters high after ...

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 ...

(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.