The California coast is under a tsunami advisory following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia, with a series of waves expected to impact coastal areas overnight.

In the next few hours, the California coast will experience impacts from the massive quake that hit the western Russian coast.

Powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia eastern coast—biggest globally for 14 years—triggers tsunami alerts across Pacific. Newsweek's live blog is closed.