India, July 30 -- The tsunami advisory for the West Coast, spanning California, Oregon, parts of Washington, Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday sparked emergency evacuations. Tsunami sirens sounded off in many areas, including Hawaii.

The tsunami advisory was sparked by a 8.7 magnitude earthquake on Russia's pacific coast, in the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia. In this article, we will track the sea levels off the US west coast, as per live information fed in by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

This story is being updated.

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