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 degress 2.8 minutes east. Tsunami hit the Japanese northern coast. The Japanese Meteorological Agency estimated the magnitude of the earthquake to be 7.9 according to the Richter Scale, whereas the Hong Kong Observatory put the figure at 7.8. Location of Kuril Islands in the Western Pacific. ... Japan Standard Time (日本標準時 or 中央標準時) is the standard timezone in Japan that is 9 hours ahead of UTC; i. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... For other meanings of tsunami, see tsunami (disambiguation). ...

JMA initially estimated tsunami waves to be as tall as 2 metres when it hit the Japanese northern and eastern coast, but it turned out to be mere 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 and Naha in Okinawa, 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 warning for Russian Far East, Japan, Wake Island and Midway Atoll. Tohoku region, Japan The Tōhoku region (東北地方; Tōhoku-chihō) is a geographical area of Japan. ... Orthographic projection centred over Midway. ...