(BCN) -- The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a Tsunami Watch for the California Coast on Tuesday evening, including coastal areas spanning from Mendocino to Monterey counties.
The center issued the watch after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russian's Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the center, a Tsunami Watch means that people along the coast should be prepared to evacuate if asked.
The watch includes the San Francisco Bay Area, including Sonoma, Napa, Larkspur, Vallejo, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Monterey and other ocean and bayside communities.
"The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a Tsunami Watch for the California coast including SF Bay area following today’s M8.7 earthquake off the coast of Russia," said the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services in a post on Tuesday evening. "CAL OES, along with its partners, is monitoring any potential impacts to the state."
The time of arrival is estimated as early as 12:15 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
The center will upgrade the Tsunami Watch to a Tsunami Advisory if a tsunami is possible and a Tsunami Warning if a tsunami is imminent.
A tsunami can result in widespread, sudden flooding of beaches, harbors and coastal areas.
The San Francisco Department of Emergency Services posted, "The National Tsunami Warning Center has issued a Tsunami Watch for San Francisco following the 8.7 earthquake in Kamchatka. A Tsunami Watch means the danger of a tsunami affecting San Francisco is not yet known. The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management is monitoring the situation and will send out additional information when available."
If a Tsunami Warning is issued, people should stay out of the water and away from beaches and waterways, the National Weather Service said. People should move off beaches and out of harbors and go as high or as far inland as possible.
Tsunami alerts warnings can be monitored at tsunami.gov/.
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