Japan's meteorological agency warned that a tsunami about 1 meter (3 feet) high was expected to reach Hokkaido in the north around 10:00 a.m., local time, with waves arriving later in the day along parts of eastern Honshu and Kyushu in the south.

So far, Hawaii has so far "not seen a wave of consequence," Hawaiian Governor Josh Green said Wednesday afternoon. Waves in Japan have ranged from 30 centimeters to 1.3 meters.A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunami warnings in Japan and several states in the western United States,

A massive earthquake off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia has triggered a series of tsunami alerts for Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. West coast. The earthquake was measured at an 8.7 on the Richter scale according to the U.