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.
Shimizu-Minato 642/121 RLR(1975) is 9.3m below Attached BM
Documentation added 2009-05-05
There appears to be a rising trend at this location.
Documentation added 2011-02-23
Buddy checked with Omaezaki II. Profiles compare well.
Documentation added 2012-02-21
A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicentre approx. 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful known earthquake to hit Japan triggering a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland. Where there is more than one benchmark with the same name a suffix has been added
Data Authority
Marine Department Japan Meteorological Agency Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo