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.

OAKLAND, Calif. - The National Weather Service issued a tsunami advisory for the California coast Tuesday night following a series of large earthquakes in Russia. The tsunami advisory is in effect from the British Columbia-Alaska border to the California-Mexico border.

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunami warnings in Japan and several states in the western United States, including Hawaii, Alaska and California.