Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.

In 2011, a tsunami hit California after a large earthquake in Japan. More than 100 boats in Santa Cruz were damaged. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a massive wave that traveled 5,000 miles across the ocean, causing damage up and down the West Coast as far south as San Diego.