Hours after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Russian coast, becoming one of the strongest tremors ever recorded, tsunami waves arrived in Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast following efforts to get hundreds of thousands away from coastlines and to higher ground.

A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

No tsunami threat to Hawaii from 7-magnitude earthquake near Russia’s Kuril Islands, officials say - The quake comes days after an 8.8-magnitude tremor in the region triggered tsunami alerts across As