LIVE UPDATES: Tsunami warnings, watches, advisories were given to 1/4 of the Earth after 8.8 quake

A small California coastal city near the border with Oregon that has recorded dozens of tsunamis, including one that killed 11 people more than 60 years ago, saw little damage Wednesday as locals returned to their routines amid sunny skies in the town known as a tsunami magnet.

Crescent City recorded waves of up to 4 feet (1.22 meters) early Wednesday - the highest recorded anywhere in the continental United States following an 8.8-magnitude earthquake centered off the coast of Russia's Far East hours earlier. Still, those were far smaller than the 21-foot (6.40 meters) waves caused by the deadly 1964 tsunami.

This time, no one was injured in the city of 6,600 and there was no major flooding, with downtown open later Wednesday morning. A dock at the city's harbor was damaged, and officials warned people to stay away from beaches and waterways.

"A lot of people who aren't from here did evacuate. But they ended up coming right back because nothing happened," said Rose Renee, who works at Oceanfront Lodge that looks out at the famed Battery Point Lighthouse.

A surge of water lifted the dock off its pilings around 2:40 a.m., eventually submerging it, Harbormaster Mike Rademaker said at a news briefing. The dock was engineered to disrupt the waves' force before they reach the inner harbor and appears to have functioned as intended, he said.

Warning signs could be seen at Pacifica State Beach saying that the beach was closed due to the Tsunami Advisory, but people still made their way to the coast for surfing and morning walks.

Despite beach closures, people still made their way to the Bay Area coast for surfing and morning walks.

Surfers took to the ocean Wednesday in Pacifica, just like any other day of the week. But this wasn't a normal day.

Warning signs could be seen at Pacifica State Beach telling people that the beach was closed due to the Tsunami Advisory.

For some, the warnings did the opposite of what officials may have hoped for.

"That was kind of part of the fun," said David Largusa, who was surfing on the beach, "We're the only ones who are out there on a Tsunami Advisory."

It wasn't just surfers unfazed by the Tsunami Advisory, many other people still went about their morning walks, the same way they do each day.

Thankfully, there were no reports of major damage from the currents throughout the Bay Area.

In a post on social media Wednesday morning, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie confirmed that there were limited impacts from the Tsunami wave.

For some, the Tsunami Advisory was a reminder of the danger that can be behind the natural beauty surrounding their homes.

"It's a good reminder," said Eileen Needham, who walks along the beach every day. "You know, when you hear what has happened all over the world, and Hawaii was a big one with the fires and LA, the fires, we need to be prepared."

The advisory has since been canceled.

The Bay Area is no longer under a Tsunami Advisory, which the National Weather Service says has been canceled for the Central Coast of California.

The Bay Area is no longer under a Tsunami Advisory, which the National Weather Service says has been canceled for the Central Coast of California.

The NWS says the Tsunami Advisory still remains in effect for other parts of the California coast.

They say that "the ocean will continue to fluctuate over the next several days, with strong currents possible."

The earthquake appeared to be the strongest recorded since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake off northeastern Japan in March 2011 that caused a massive tsunami and set off meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. The International Atomic Energy Agency said initial reports showed Japan's nuclear plants were not affected Wednesday.

Only a few stronger earthquakes have ever been measured around the world. Wednesday's occurred along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a series of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes take place.

The quake struck at 11:24 a.m. in Kamchatka with a magnitude of 8.8 and a depth of about 21 kilometers (13 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was centered offshore, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka's regional capital.

Multiple aftershocks as strong as 6.9 magnitude followed.

Russia's Oceanology Institute said tsunami waves might have been as high as 10 to 15 meters (30 to 50 feet) in some sections of the Kamchatka coast - but the highest were less than 6 meters (20 feet) near the populated areas of the peninsula and the nearby Kuril Islands.

Meanwhile, lava began to flow Wednesday from Kamchatka's Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano, the largest active one in the Northern Hemisphere. Observers also heard explosions, the Russian Academy of Sciences' geophysical service said.