T sunami alerts were issued for Alaska, Hawaii and the California coast on Tuesday after a major, 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials. The earthquake occurred about 85 miles off the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula with a depth of nearly 12 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck off the Russian coast Tuesday night, prompting a tsunami advisory for the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and a tsunami watch for Hawaii.