=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 11-Jun-1991
Kushimoto           642/141 RLR(1976) is 10.2m below Attached BM F41
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 15-Jul-1994
See comments on sea level variability given for Maisaka (642/126).
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 01-Oct-1997
Kushimoto's record has been affected by the "Tonakai" (1944) and "Nankaido" (1946) earthquakes - see "Sea-level changes" by P.P.Pirazzoli (1996), Wiley:Chichester.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 22-Feb-2011
Buddy checked with Uragami the profiles compare reasonably well.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 21-Feb-2012
A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicenter approx. 70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful known earthquake to hit Japan. The earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland.
Because of the earthquakes listed above this station was previously flagged. The overall profile however looks reasonable. Because of this the station flag has now been removed.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 13-Mar-2014
The GPS benchmark information has been downloaded from the SONEL website. GPS benchmark P208 is 14.548m above RLR.

