2006 Kuril Islands earthquake Totally Explained

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The Kuril Islands earthquake happened at late evening in local time (8:29pm in JST) on November 15, 2006 with epicentre at 46 degrees 42.1 minutes north, 154 degrees 2.8 minutes east. Tsunami hit the Japanese northern coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency estimated the magnitude of the earthquake to be 7.9 according to the Richter magnitude scale, whereas the Hong Kong Observatory put the figure at 7.8. JMA initially estimated tsunami waves to be as tall as 2 metres when it hit the Japanese northern and eastern coasts, but it turned out to be merely 40 centimetres when it reached Hanasaki Ko, Nemuro, Nemuro, Hokkaidō at 9:29 pm local time. The tsunami also hit the rest of Hokkaidō and Tōhoku Region. The tallest wave recorded was at Takejima in the Izu Shotō of the Tokyo To, at 80 centimetres. Tsunami also hit as far as Anami in Kagoshima Prefecture and Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, and reached the Hawaiian and Californian coasts. A 176-centimetre wave in the Crescent City, California harbor caused an estimated $1.1 million in damage to the docks there. The United States authorities had issued warnings for the Russian Far East, Japan, Wake Island and Midway Atoll.

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