KOBE II

WARNING: QCFLAG EXISTS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION.

Station Information

Station ID: 1790
Latitude: 34.682222
Longitude: 135.190278
Coastline code: 643
Station code: 25
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1992 – 2023
Completeness (%): 98
Date of last update: 05 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.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1994-07-01

1 June 1992: New station January 17th 1995 Earthquake magnitude 6.8

Documentation added 1997-09-17

Earthquake noted in Southern Hyogo Prefecture, 17th January 1995

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 and triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland.

Data Authority

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