The entire U.S. West Coast was 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,

The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for parts of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, and a watch for portions of the West Coast, including California, Oregon, Washington and

Russia’s Tass news agency reported from the biggest city nearby, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, that many people ran out into the street without shoes or outerwear at what was mid-morning Wednesday there.