Last week, a massive magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, sparking tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile.

Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.

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.