=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 01-Jul-1994
1 JANUARY 1992: NEW STATION replaces Takamatsu
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Takamatsu II        644/042 RLR(1992) is 8.7m below Attached BM
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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 ever to hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m travelling inland up to 10km.

