Officials in Hawaii issued a tsunami watch on Saturday evening as a series of earthquakes, including a 7.4 magnitude one, struck off the Russian coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. "Tsunami Watch Issued - Prepare to Act!

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A tsunami watch has been issued for Hawaii following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred off the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia. The earthquake occurred at 8:49 p.m. local time.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a threat forecast for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after two quakes — the larger with a magnitude of 7.4 — struck in the sea nearby on Sunday. The larger quake was at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles) and was 144 kilometers (89 miles) east of the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,