One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildings but causing only a few injuries.

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Russia's far east coast Tuesday night, prompting tsunami waves along the U.S. West Coast. Simon Boxall, oceanography professor at the University of Southampton in the U.

Videos show tremors in Russia and tsunami waves in Japan following a powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East that triggered alerts across the Pacific. A magnitude-8.8 quake struck at a depth of 21 kilometers off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday morning local time.

Russia also unleashed a deadly seven-hour drone assault Thursday on the Ukrainian capital that offered no hint of its agreeing to President Donald Trump's demands to end its war.