The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the earthquake struck at 1:25 p.m. HST off the east coast of Kamchatka.

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia. Parts of Alaska are under a tsunami advisory. A massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Russia, triggering a tsunami watch and advisory for Hawaii and Alaska. The earthquake hit 136 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.

Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast after one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, a magnitude 8.8 temblor, struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 before most of the warnings were downgraded hours later.