Tsunami alerts issued for West Coast after 8.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Russia

The earthquake took place about 85 miles off the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula with a depth of nearly 12 miles, as per the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency upgraded the earthquake’s reported magnitude from initial reports of 8.0 and 8.7. According to USGS, magnitude 6.3 and 6.9 aftershocks were also reported in the…