The National Weather Service has issued a tsunami warning for the coast of Northern California from Cape Mendocino to the California-Oregon border. Waves up to 4.8 feet above the tide are forecast to hit Crescent City, California, around 11:30 p.m., according to the weather service.

Tsunami waves have crashed on the shorelines of Hawaii, California and Washington after a gargantuan 8.8-magnitude temblor struck Russia’s far eastern coast -- but the impact is minimal. Alerts were set off overnight across the Pacific as coastal regions prepared to be hit,