NAKANO SIMA

Station Information

Station ID: 1105
Latitude: 29.841944
Longitude: 129.847778
Coastline code: 646
Station code: 11
Country: JAPAN
Time span of RLR data: 1984 – 2022
RLR completeness (%): 98
Time span of metric data: 1965 – 2022
Metric completeness (%): 67
Date of last update: 03 Feb 2023

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 345: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 345: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Nakano Sima 646/011 RLR(1985) is 9.9m below BM Nakano Sima

Documentation added 2012-02-22

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 and triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland.

Data Authority

Japan Oceanographic Data Centre
Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency
MLIT Aomi Building
2-5-18, Aomi, Koto-ku
Tokyo 135-0064