=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-Jun-1991 Tappi 641/033 RLR(1986) is 10.7m below BM Tappi. During 1988-1990 the BM/TGZ changed slightly by 2-3mm. This was not incorporated in the RLRFAC. =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 29-Aug-1995 A destructive earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Kuril Islands on 4 October 1994 - see Earth System Monitor, 5(4), June 1995. =========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 22-Feb-2012 A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicentre situated approx. 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful earthquake ever to hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m and travelling up to 10km inland.