Talk about steady hands. A team of Russian medics found themselves performing surgery on a patient during the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Russia’s Far East region Tuesday.
Video of the operation, released by Kamchatka Health Minister Oleg Melnikov, shows the team of four health care professionals gripping the patient as the operating room begins to violently shake.
The surgery was performed in the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Melnikov said.
"Despite the danger, the doctors remained calm and stayed with the patient until the very end," Melnikov wrote on Telegram, adding that the patient is out of danger.
He did not release any other information about the operation or the patient.
The earthquake, which hit off the Kamchatka Peninsula, was one of the most powerful ever recorded, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
On Wednesday, local authorities called the earthquake "a remarkable event," noting that it was the biggest tremor in the region since 1952.
Tsunami waves from the earthquake hit Russia, Japan — where nearly 2 million people were asked to evacuate — Hawaii, Alaska and parts of the U.S. West Coast.
No deaths have been reported.
Tsunami advisories have been downgraded in Hawaii, but they remain in effect for the slate of islands, Alaska and parts of the West Coast. Tsunami warnings remain in effect for several countries in the South Pacific, including Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the threat of a "major" tsunami on the West Coast has "passed completely."
