Some flights that were on the way to Hawaii on Tuesday returned to the mainland or were diverted after a large earthquake near Russia triggered tsunami warnings.

In light of the tsunami alert following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia on Tuesday, Alaska Airlines is pausing flights to the Hawaiian islands.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines issued the following statement: “We are monitoring a tsunami warning for the Hawaiian Islands and portions of the state of Alaska and assessing our flight operations. We are holding flight departures to the Islands on Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines.