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Osaka               643/021 RLR(1976) is 8.3m below Attached BM W61
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Pugh, 1987 (Tides, surges and mean sea-level. Wiley) refers to subsidence at Osaka caused by ground water extraction.
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Datum 2001 is 3.583m below Tokyo Peil.
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A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.40 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 with the epicentre approx. 70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was themost powerful earthquake known to have hit Japan triggering a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m and travelling up to 10km inland.

