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.
Datum shift and/or trend difference following short gap in 1978.
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 situated approx. 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful earthquake to strike Japan triggering a tsunamia with waves of up to 40.5m and travelling inland up to 10km.
Documentation added 2014-03-13
The GPS benchmark information has been downloaded from the SONEL website. GPS benchmark is P113 13.771m above RLR.
Data Authority
Geographical Survey Institute Kitasato -1 Tsukuba-shi Ibaraki-ken 305