Evacuations were ordered across the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.

The firstb tsunami waves hit the Kuril Islands and Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. In Russia's Far East, particularly the Kamchatka Peninsula near the quake's epicenter, authorities reported evacuations and localized damage. Tsunami warnings remain active for Alaska, Hawaii, and coastal regions stretching as far south as New Zealand.