Precautions were already a downgrade from previous day's warnings

Magnitude-8.7 tremor prompts Hawaii to order evacuations from some coastal areas

Japanese officials said around 900,000 people across the country were under evacuation orders, while Hawaii residents were urged to seek higher ground.

Evacuations were ordered across the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday.

The earthquake, which struck off Russia's Kamchatka peninsula early Wednesday, triggered tsunamis in Russia and Japan and prompted warnings across several countries from Asia to…

Several warnings were downgraded on Wednesday in various areas that faced the threat of tsunamis after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck near Russia late Tuesday.

Alerts were issued across the Pacific following the 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia's Far East, but no deaths were reported.

Country after country has lifted or downgraded warnings, telling coastal residents they can return

Precautions were already a downgrade from previous day's warnings

Japan reports one death during coastal evacuation but cancels warning across the country by Thursday afternoon.