FUKAURA

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID:	1317
Latitude:	40.647222
Longitude:	139.926389
Coastline code:	647
Station code:	98
Country:	JAPAN
Time span of data:	1972 – 2023
Completeness (%):	98
Date of last update:	04 Mar 2024

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

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: fuka

Station Documentation

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 the epicentre situated approx.70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful earthquake to ever hit Japan triggering a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m high and travelling up to 10km
inland.

Data Authority

Japan Meteorological Agency
3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato City
Tokyo

Data

Data Notes

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