But the danger appeared to be waning in some places, with the US state of Hawaii and Japan downgrading their warnings. Authorities on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands near the quake’s epicentre also cancelled their tsunami warning on Wednesday evening after a flooded seaport town there had earlier been evacuated.

The National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) issued warnings, watches and advisories after the temblor struck about 7:30 p.m. ET on July 29, about 78 miles east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the U.

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Russian Far East early Wednesday. The quake was one of the biggest ever recorded.

The National Weather Service removed its Tsunami Advisory for the Oregon Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Russia, and residents were advised to move to higher ground or evacuate the tsunami zone if a Tsunami Warning is issued.

Tsunami warnings scaled back across northern Pacific after huge quake off eastern Russia