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The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russian's Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday afternoon.

The center issued the advisory for the California Coast on Tuesday evening,including coastal areas spanning from Mendocino to Monterey counties. 

The advisory included the San Francisco Bay Area, including Sonoma, Napa and Larkspur, as well as other ocean and bayside communities.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office wrote in an alert, “Stay out of coastal waters, off the beach, harbor docks, and piers. Strong currents and dangerous waves are expected.”

Tuesday evening, the Berkeley Marina sent out an email to boat owners, urging them to double check that boats were well-secured, saying they expected a wave surge of about one foot.

The National Weather Service says tsunamis are a series of waves dangerous many hours after initial arrival time. And that the first wave may not be the largest.

Meanwhile, the earthquake is of the strongest ever recorded. It struck Russia’s Far East, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific.

No substantial damage has been reported so far, but authorities warned people away from shorelines and said the risk could last more than a day.

Ports on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia near the 8.8 magnitude quake’s epicenter flooded as residents fled inland, and frothy, white waves washed up to the shore in northern Japan.

Cars jammed highways in Hawaii’s capital, with standstill traffic even in areas away from the shoreline.

People went to evacuation centers in Japan. Several people were injured in Russia and at least one in Japan