A tsunami advisory was also issued for parts of Alaska and the entire West Coast after a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

A massive tsunami triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake near Russia has struck Japan’s coastline, resulting in at least one confirmed death and widespread damage. Monster waves battered several regions,

People flocked to evacuation centers in affected areas of Japan, with memories fresh of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that caused reactor meltdowns at