The danger from Wednesday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake appeared to be subsiding in most places, but Chile kept alerts at the highest level for most of its lengthy Pacific coast while New Zealand renewed a warning to avoid the water.

David Sun-Miyashiro was at home on the 31st floor of a Honolulu apartment building, high above danger, when his phone alerted him to a possible tsunami from a massive earthquake far across the Pacific Ocean.

A tsunami sent waves into parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Russian Far East early Wednesday. The danger appeared to be subsiding in most places,

Thanks to this global monitoring system, which has been deployed for more than 20 years, millions of people in Japan and Russia were warned.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A powerful earthquake struck Russia in the far east on Wednesday morning. As reported by France 24, the Russian earthquake measured at M 8.8 triggered a tsunami in the northern Pacific region, prompting warnings in Alaska, Hawaii, and along the southern coast of New Zealand.