By Mary Hui, Shoko Oda, Joe Wertz, Bloomberg News (TNS)

Authorities across the U.S. and Asia lifted evacuation orders and downgraded warnings after a powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific.

Four-foot waves were recorded in Hawaii , with smaller waves hitting coastal areas of California and Indonesia. Alerts in Hawaii and Japan were downgraded — allowing evacuees to return home — and warnings in Shanghai were canceled, but authorities cautioned that waves would continue to hit coastlines throughout the day.

“Everything has been OK so far, we haven’t seen a big wave,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said earlier on Wednesday. Water was seen receding from the coastline, which can be a sign of an imminent tsunami, and “we expect two to three h

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