A powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia has generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific.

QUITO — Ecuador ordered preventive evacuations of beaches, docks and low-lying areas in the Galapagos Islands off its coast ...

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia’s Far East early Wednesday prompted tsunami warnings in parts of Japan, Alaska and Hawaii.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warned that a tsunami had been generated and the first waves could hit Hawaiian shores ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia's Kuril Islands and Japan's large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia early Wednesday.

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8 ...

A tsunami has hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan’s large northern island of Hokkaido after a powerful, 8.8 ...

The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a Tsunami Advisory for the California coast on Tuesday evening, including coastal areas spanning from ...

The earthquake was recorded at about 78 miles east-southeast of of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The California coast is under a tsunami advisory following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia, with a series of waves expected to impact coastal areas overnight.