The Latest Breaking News on Watch the video: First tsunami waves hit Hawaii after powerful earthquake triggers warnings

Waves as high as 5.7ft have hit the coast of Hawaii, as airports shut down operations on some islands

The first waves reached Alaska and Hawaii early Wednesday morning, with other Western U.S. states bracing for impact

The recent earthquake in Russia reopens the memory of some of the most devastating earthquakes mankind has ever experienced.

The earthquake has triggered tsunami warnings for several countries, including Japan and parts of the US.

Today at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east.

Shallow magnitude 8.8 quake hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula provoking warnings as far away as New Zealand and California

The world's largest earthquake in 14 years has prompted evacuations and tsunami warnings across the Pacific region.

One of the ten largest earthquakes ever recorded just struck Kamchatka, the sparsely populated Russian peninsula facing the Pacific. The magnitude 8.8 quake had its epicentre in the sea just off the Kamchatka coast.

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