13 January 2007, Mw 8.1, Kuril Islands

At 04:23 UTC 13 January 2007, a magnitude 8.2 earth-quake centered east of the Kuril Islands, which is just north of Hokkaido and near the mainland of Russia. The earthquake generated a tsunami wave placing several countries in the western Pacific into Warning status. Within 11 minutes of the earthquake, a Tsunami Watch was issued for US interests of Hawaii, Wake Island, Midway, the Northern Marianas, Guam, the Marshall Is-lands, Belau, and the Federated States of Micronesia, along with Johnston Island.