An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific that hit Russia, Japan, Canada and parts of the US coast.

Millions of people were evacuated, as minds cast back to the devastating tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 in the Indian Ocean and Japan 2011, both triggered by similarly large earthquakes. But today's tsunami has been much less severe, even though it's brought some damage.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildi

Russia's massive quake has already triggered at least 10 aftershocks, and could continue for months, according to scientists.

Russia’s earthquake was estimated at magnitude 8.8, among the strongest since scientists began monitoring Kamchatka Branch of Geophysical Survey of Russian Academy of Science (KBGSRAS)/S. Lakamov via On July 30,

The 8.8 magnitude earthquake followed a series of smaller quakes in the same waters over the last few days. A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck on July 20, prompting brief warnings