Tsunami warnings have been lowered across much of the northern Pacific after a massive earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Russia near the Kamchatka Peninsula yesterday. The quake, one of the most powerful ever recorded in the region, initially triggered widespread alerts in Japan, Russia, and Hawaii. Authorities have now downgraded those warnings, and no major damage or casualties have been reported so far.

However, Chile has raised its tsunami warning to the highest level along most of its Pacific Coast and has ordered evacuations as a precaution.