The Latest Breaking News on In pictures: People run for cover and beaches empty out as Russia quake triggers tsunami warnings

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has struck Russia’s Far East, resulting in small tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and calls ffor people around the Pacific to be on alert or move to higher ground

World’s biggest earthquake in 14 years triggers massive tsunami warning

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

Tsunamis hit parts of Russia's Far East and Japan on Wednesday after a huge magnitude 8.8 earthquake, with warnings in place around the Pacific of waves of over three metres (10 feet) in places.

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 off the coast of Russia early Wednesday

Powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia triggered tsunami alerts across Pacific including for US and Japan

Japan’s meteorological agency has issued a tsunami alert for Japan’s Pacific coast, upgrading an earlier advisory stemming from the powerful, magnitude 8.0 quake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

Impact of water surges less than initially feared after quake of 8.8 magnitude hit near Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula

The sixth most powerful earthquake on record triggered widespread evacuation orders across multiple countries including the US and Japan