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.
Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: P207
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: toya
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 349: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 349: hourly and daily
Toyama 647/068 RLR(1991) is 8.8m below Attached BM
Documentation added 2012-02-22
A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JTS (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 strike Japan triggering a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m anf travelling inland up to 10km.
Documentation added 2014-03-13
The GPS benchmark information has been downloaded from the SONEL website. GPS benchmark P207 is 12.928m above RLR.
Data Authority
Marine Department Japan Meteorological Agency Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo