One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildi

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s eastern coast on late Wednesday morning, local time. The quake triggered tsunami waves across the Pacific that hit Russia, Japan, Canada and parts of the US coast.

Russia’s earthquake was estimated at magnitude 8.8, among the strongest since scientists began monitoring Kamchatka Branch of Geophysical Survey of Russian Academy of Science (KBGSRAS)/S. Lakamov via Getty Images