The nearfield tsunami struck islands with no current inhabitants . However , geologists and archaeologists had visited these islands the previous summer , and returned in the summers of 2007 and 2008 . Because there were two central Kurils tsunamis in the winter of 2006/2007 ( see 2007 Kuril Islands earthquake ) , the specific effects of each tsunami are difficult to determine ; evidence is that the 2006 tsunami was the larger on all islands in the Kurils except Matua and parts of Rasshua
2007 Kuril Islands earthquake
2007 Kuril Islands earthquake
2006 Kuril Islands earthquake