The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the earthquake struck at 1:25 p.m. HST off the east coast of Kamchatka.

Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, a magnitude 8.8 temblor, struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 before most of the warnings were downgraded hours later.

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia. Parts of Alaska are under a tsunami advisory. A massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Russia, triggering a tsunami watch and advisory for Hawaii and Alaska. The earthquake hit 136 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.