The 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has led to injuries.
Kamchatka Health Minister Oleg Melnikov said there were several injuries due to the quake, but did not provide an exact number.
Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov posted video on Telegram of a kindergarten that had been damaged by the earthquake.
Russian authorities have warned of aftershocks in Kamachatka after the quake.
Tsunami waves hit California
Waves from the tsunami have hit the coast off northern California.
"The tsunami has reached the California Coast, and is showing up in the Arena Cove, CA tide gauge and is making its way down the coast right now," the National Weather Service Los Angeles account posted on X. Arena Cove is located in northern California above San Francisco.
A tsunami advisory is in effect across the coastal areas of California.
Tsunami warnings also impact Colombia, Peru, Mexico
Tsunami warnings due to the earthquake off Russia's East are also in effect for several Latin American countries which border the Pacific Ocean.
Colombia has issued an evacuation order for beaches and coastal areas on the Pacific.
"Tsunami alert for Choco and Narino," Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management posted on X, referring to two regions on the Pacific coast. "Preventive evacuation of beaches and low-lying coastal areas is recommended."
Peru and its neighbor Chile are also under tsunami alerts.
The president of Peru's Geophysical Institute, Hernando Tavera, told AFP news agency the tsunami "generated by this earthquake is expected to reach the Peruvian coast on Wednesday morning, with waves not expected to exceed three meters (9.8 feet) in height."
Mexico, which has a long border with the Pacific, is also expected to be impacted. The Mexican Navy called for residents to stay away from beaches on the Pacific and they believe waves between 30 centimeters and 1 meter in height are possible.
Another Latin American country, Ecuador, said its famous Galapagos Islands could be hit by tidal waves.
Beached whales seen on the coast of Japan
Japanese media has broadcast footage of four beached whales in Japan's Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.
A tragic scene in Japan —
Four whales washed ashore on Hirasuna Beach, Chiba,
It's unclear if the whales were on the beach due to the tsunami or earthquake. Chiba Prefecture was not hit by a tsunami after the Kamchatka earthquake.
Japanese officials say the whales showed up on the beach prior to the tsunami warnings due to the earthquake.
Japan begins downgrading tsunami warnings in many areas, except for northern regions
The Japan Meterological Agency (JMA) has begun downgrading tsunami warnings for many parts of the country, and putting areas instead under lower level advisories.
However, the Tohoku region and Hokkaido prefecture in northern Japan will remain under tsunami warmings for now, the JMA said.
Tsunami waves earlier hit Hokkaido after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
French Polynesia warns of 4-meter-high waves
Officials in French Polynesia told residents of the Marquesas Islands that they can expect tsunami waves as high as 4 meters (13 feet). French Polynesia is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
The remote Marquesa Island archipelago lies to the northeast of the main islands in French Polynesia.
The High Commission of the French Republic in French Polynesia said the waves from "1.10 meters to 4 meters" are expected to hit the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesa island archipelago. Other islands could be hit with smaller waves of 0.6 to 0.9 meters.
French Polynesia is an overseas territory of France.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said "our armed forces in French Polynesia are on alert as a precautionary measure, to be ready to assist our fellow citizens and state services in potential search and rescue operations or medical evacuations."
Russia's Kamchatka region lifts tsunami warning
Russia's far eastern Kamchatka region has removed its tsunami warning after the earthquake, which had taken place off the coast the Kamchatka Peninsula.
"Dear residents and vistors to the Kamchatka region, our colleagues from the State Emergency Situations Ministry have lifted the tsunami alert," Kamchatka emergencies minister Sergei Lebedev posted online.
However there is still some tsunami risk in the Avacha Bay, which lies next to Kamchatka's capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Russian authorities have also canceled the tsunami warning for the Russian-administered Kuril islands, which lie south of the Kamchatka Peninsula and north of Japan.
