Data and Station Information for KURE IV

Station Information

Station ID:	1209
Latitude:	34.240556
Longitude:	132.550278
Coastline code:	643
Station code:	43
Country:	JAPAN
Time span of data:	1968 – 2022
Completeness (%):	98
Date of last update:	03 Feb 2023

Green Arrow:	Current Station
Yellow Marker:	Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker:	Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at KURE IV.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at KURE IV.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution. NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation - date unknown

TIDE GAUGE RENEWED IN MARCH 1985

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Kure IV 643/043 RLR(1972) is 10.4m below BM Kure

Documentation added 2012-02-22

A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with an epicentre approx. 70km east of the Oshiku Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful earthquake ever to hit Japan triggering a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m high and travelling up to 10km inland.

Data Authority

Japan Oceanographic Data Centre
Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency
MLIT Aomi Building
2-5-18, Aomi, Koto-ku
Tokyo 135-0064

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

KURE IV