OWASE

Station Information

Station ID: 1146
Latitude: 34.076389
Longitude: 136.207222
Coastline code: 642
Station code: 136
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1966 – 2023
Completeness (%): 93
Date of last update: 04 Mar 2024

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.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Owase 642/136 RLR(1976) is 11.9m below Attached BM

Documentation added 1994-07-15

See comments on sea level variability given for Maisaka (642/126).

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 powerfull earthquake to hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m high travelling up to 10km inland.
This station was previously flagged. However overall the profile looks reasonable - the station flag has now been removed.

Data Authority

Japan Meteorological Agency
3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato City
Tokyo