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

Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's eastern coast.

Footage from Japan and the Kuril Islands, following the 8.7-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29th.