The entire U.S. West Coast is facing a tsunami threat after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake erupted off Russia's eastern coast on Tuesday. A tsunami warning was issued in Hawaii, Northern California and in Alaska,

Tsunami alerts have been issued for Hawaii, the U.S West Coast and Alaska as well as Japan the Philippines, Indonesia, Guam, Peru and the Galapagos Islands, and parts of China following a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia.

An 8.8 magnitude earthquake in eastern Russia triggered tsunami warnings in Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific coast.