One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia's sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured,

A tsunami advisory that was in place for the southern California coast, from the Californian-Mexico border to Rincon Point, has been cancelled, the National Tsunami Warning Center

Japan’s Meteorological Agency downgraded its tsunami alert to an advisory in the Pacific coast south of Fukushima, with the alert still in place farther north.