Tsunami waves were recorded in Washington state on July 30. A tsunami advisory remained in effect, and people were urged to stay away from the coast.

Tsunami waves have crashed on the shorelines of Hawaii, California and Washington after a gargantuan 8.8-magnitude temblor struck Russia’s far eastern coast -- but the impact is minimal. Alerts were set off overnight across the Pacific as coastal regions prepared to be hit,

After a major earthquake struck eastern Russia Tuesday afternoon, people living across the Pacific braced for tsunamis.