CORRAL

Station Information

Station ID: 1057
Latitude: -39.866667
Longitude: -73.433333
Coastline code: 850
Station code: 47
Country: CHILE
Time span of data: 1963 – 1964
Completeness (%): 100
Date of last update: 01 Jan 1980

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)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: NIEB
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: corr, corr2

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Corral 850/047 RLR(1964) is 8.4m below BM(Cota Fija)3

Documentation added 1996-01-03

There was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake about 20 km offshore of northern Chile on 30 July 1995 which produced a tsunami of 1.3 m at Caldera and which was seen in many records across the Pacific (information from NTF, Australia).

Documentation added 2001-01-26

For a review of the new Chilean tide gauge network, see "Tides in the Chilean Coasts" by Juan J. Fierro, Hydro International,Jan/Feb 2001, pp.7-9.COASTLINE PRONE TO EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY;
DATA POSSIBLY AFFECTED AS A RESULT

Documentation added 2015-07-13

Previously this station was flagged following a review the station flag was removed. A permanent station was established at Corral in 1984 see id.2262.

Data Authority

Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy
Errazuriz 254
Playa Ancha
Valparaiso