4 October 1994, Mw 8.1, Kuril Islands, Shikotan, Russia

A large, magnitude 8.1 earthquake near Shikotan, one of the South Kuril Islands in Russia, killed 11 people and injured 242. The quake was associated with very strong ground motions and generated a tsunami. Regional and Pacific wide warnings were issued for the Kuril Islands, Japan, the Hawaiian Island sand the west coast of Canada and the United States. The area most affected by local damaging tsunami waves were primarily Shikotan, Kunashir, Iturup, of the South Kuril Island Group, and Hokkaido, Japan. There was approximately 50 cm of subsidence at Shikotan Island.