The large earthquake off of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami warning for part of the Aleutians, and an advisory for other parts of the state.

The entire U.S. West Coast was facing a tsunami threat after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake erupted off Russia's eastern coast on Tuesday. A tsunami warning was issued in Hawaii, Northern California and in Alaska,

Japan’s meteorological agency issued a tsunami alert for the Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the magnitude 8.0 quake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.