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Station Information
Station ID:
1319
Latitude:
31.581111
Longitude:
130.570556
Coastline code:
645
Station code:
41
Country:
JAPAN
Time span of data:
1972 – 2021
Completeness (%):
98
Date of last update:
16 Mar 2022
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.
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 hit Japan triggering a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m and travelling up to 10km inland.
Data Authority
Marine Department Japan Meteorological Agency Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo