Alaska communities in the Aleutians were under a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.

The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for parts of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, and a watch for portions of the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington and

One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday and set off a tsunami in the northern Pacific region.