Tsunami alerts were issued for Japan, Hawaii and Alaska after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.7 hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tsunami watch,

Authorities said tsunami waves would reach Oregon and warned coastal residents to avoid shorelines but said it was "not a major tsunami."

Oregon, Washington, and California are under a tsunami watch after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia.