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.

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia early Wednesday. Warnings are also in place for Alaska,

The United States and Japan have issued tsunami warnings following a powerful earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) and Bloomberg. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS),