Tsunami alerts were issued for Alaska and Hawaii on Tuesday after a major, 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia, according to officials.

Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has been rocked by yet another earthquake, this time a magnitude 6.0 tremor, just six days after a catastrophic 8.8 magnitude quake shattered the region and sent tsunami warnings rippling across the Pacific.

Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. This is the second volcano to erupt in the region following the magnitude 8.8 megaquake on July 30.