MAKURAZAKI II

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Station Information

Station ID: 1235
Latitude: 31.267778
Longitude: 130.293056
Coastline code: 645
Station code: 43
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1969 – 2023
Completeness (%): 96
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

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

Data Authority

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