A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Russia in the same area where an even bigger quake hit earlier this year. A tsunami advisory has been issued.

Residents who live in red areas of the map, mostly along coastlines and harbors, are in the tsunami evacuation zone and are required to evacuate during a warning such as the one issued in July. Those in the yellow, or extreme tsunami evacuation zone, however, are not.

(CNN) — 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. Several nations issued tsunami ...