Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.

Tsunami warnings across US states of Hawaii and California, and in Japan, were downgraded after some waves hit the coasts.

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Russia’s eastern peninsula and has led to evacuations in Hawaii and elsewhere.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's Far East Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.

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One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has struck Russia’s Far East, causing tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and ...

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The earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka has been the most severe since 2011 and has led to tsunami alerts being issued, ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Russia’s Kamchatka region in the Far East on Wednesday, generating tsunami waves that ...

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending ...