Tsunami alerts scaled back after huge earthquake prompts evacuations across Pacific

Alerts were issued across the Pacific following the 8.8 magnitude quake in Russia's Far East, but no deaths were reported.

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The 8.8 magnitude quake struck near the Kamchatka Peninsula at 11:25 local time on Wednesday (00:25 BST) - triggering tsunami warnings that led to more than two million people being ordered to evacuate in areas including parts of Russia, Japan, and the US state of Hawaii.

Despite the earthquake's strength, there were no reports of severe damage or injury.

"The disaster we were expecting did not come," a Hawaii tourist told the BBC.

Thousands of people along the coast there fled for higher ground as waves of 1.2m hit Oahu, and even larger ones of 1.7m struck Maui.