The Lede is following breaking news of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about 80 miles off the shore of Japan. Updates below mix news alerts with reports from bloggers and journalists on the ground.

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8:16 A.M. |Hawaii Braces for Tsunami

Hawaii braced for a tsunami as warning sirens rung out through the night following Japan’s large earthquake.
The state ordered evacuations of its coastal areas on Friday as a tsunami warning was extended to most of the Pacific basin, including northern California and Oregon, Reuters reported.
The main airports on at least three of the major Hawaiian islands — Maui, Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii — were shut down as a precaution, news agencies reported.
Honolulu’s KRON television is live streaming coverage and Big Island Video News has raw video of some of the evacuations.
CNN reports that the first wave is expected to reach the islands, roughly 3,800 miles from the quake’s epicenter, in the next 20 minutes.