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Station Information
Station ID:
571
Latitude:
-36.683333
Longitude:
-73.1
Coastline code:
850
Station code:
41
Country:
CHILE
Time span of data:
1949 – 2020
Completeness (%):
93
Date of last update:
07 Apr 2021
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.
Talcahuano 850/041 RLR(1989) is 10.2m below BM DHN No 4
Documentation added 1996-01-03
There was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake about 20 km offshore of northern Chile on 30 July 1995 which produced a tsunami of 1.3 m at Caldera and which was seen in many records across the Pacific (information from NTF, Australia).
Documentation added 2001-01-26
For a review of the new Chilean tide gauge network, see "Tides in the Chilean Coasts" by Juan J. Fierro, Hydro International,Jan/Feb 2001, pp.7-9.Coastline prone to earthquake activity; Data possibly affected as a result 1949-1970 revised in April 1991
Documentation added 2010-10-25
Following a review of the documentation several comments were updated. There seems to be a datum shift after the gap in the data 1952-1955. Also seems to be a change in datum 1977 onwards. Talcahuano is an historic station last data 1991
Documentation added 2016-10-18
Completely revised dataset has been supplied by SHOA
Data Authority
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy Errazuriz 254 Playa Ancha Valparaiso