Qld footballers await Hawaii tsunami

MEMBERS of a Queensland indigenous rugby league team are holed up in an Hawaiian evacuation centre awaiting updates of an approaching tsunami.

Two of Arthur Beetson's sons are with the team at Kaiser High School, on the island of Oahu, where they've been advised to stay until the severity is known of the tsunami generated by an earthquake in Canada.

The team - captained by former Brisbane Bronco Ian Lacey and consisting mostly of Queensland Cup players - had earlier played a Hawaiian All Stars team at the high school, which is on the side of a hill.

Rugby league writer Steve Mascord is with the team and he described the players as relaxed about the unfolding situation.

"They had music on and they were dancing (but) now they're starting to get a little bored," Mascord told AAP.

"There was talk of going to a pub nearby ... There's certainly no real alarm."

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an alert for all Hawaiian islands on Saturday night (Sunday AEDT), hours after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked an island off Canada's west coast.

Mascord said the Australian consul-general to Hawaii was at the game and advised the players to remain at the school until the conditions became clearer.

"Kaiser High School is a safe zone, so this is where people will come if there is trouble, so the boys are pretty relaxed about that," Mascord said.

"There are roads closed, and the bottom floors of hotels in Waikiki have been evacuated.

"But apparently people are still shopping in Waikiki, so we're just waiting for more news and hoping we can return to our hotels."

The players are travelling with the Arthur Beetson Foundation as part of a 39-person party, which includes the rugby league legend's sons as well as tribal dancers who performed before the game.

The Queenslanders won 70-8 against the Hawaiian All Stars, who themselves were coached by former North Queensland Cowboy Cory Paterson.

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