Washington DC, July 20 -- Three major earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 7.4, were recorded off the Pacific coast of Russia on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Following this, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

A tsunami watch was issued for Hawaii in the United States after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia on Sunday, according to the US' National Weather Service. The NWS later cancelled the tsunami watch alert, as "further investigation indicates there is no longer a threat to Hawaii."

According to the USGS website, three powerful earthquakes occurred in the same area off the coast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky within a span of ...