A tsunami warning issued for Hawaii after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded, an 8.8 magnitude in Russia's Far East, was downgraded to an advisory after small waves peaked.

When a magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, officials warned that damaging tsunami waves could follow. Instead, the waves that reached Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast proved smaller than initially feared.

An earthquake near Russia caused tsunami warning in Hawaii and across the west coast. The earthquake was the fifth strongest every recorded. Though not much damage was done, tsunami waves did hit Hawaii.