A volcano in Russia’s Far East erupted hours after a major earthquake triggered tsunami warnings as far away as California and Chile. Hot lava flowed down the western slope of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano – the most active in Europe and Asia – following a series of explosions.

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.

A tsunami advisory for B.C. has been lifted after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled off the east coast of Russia on Tuesday afternoon.