Data
- Obtaining
- Supplying
- High-Frequency
- Bottom Pressure Records
- Other Long Records
- GLOSS/ODINAFRICA Calibration Data
Data Notes
- Individual Station Data and Plot Notes
- Referencing the Data Set
- PSMSL Help File
- 2010 Changes to the PSMSL Data Files
Extracted from Database
06 Jan 2020
Station Information
| Station ID: | 1266 |
| Latitude: | 40.531667 |
| Longitude: | 141.527778 |
| Coastline code: | 642 |
| Station code: | 2 |
| Country: | JAPAN |
| Time span of data: | 1970 – 2011 |
| Completeness (%): | 96 |
| Date of last update: | 22 Feb 2012 |
| 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.
Tide Gauge Data
Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 375: hourly and dailyStation Documentation
Link to RLR information.Documentation added 1991-06-11
Hachinohe II 642/002 RLR(1973) is 9.9m below Attached BMDocumentation added 1997-02-20
February 1997: Hachinohe II and former III combined on advice from authorityDocumentation added 2002-03-26
Hachinohe II replaced I, and started operating 1st August 1970.Documentation added 2002-03-26
New gauge installed 1st March 1983.Documentation added 2012-02-22
A massive earthquake of 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 ever hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m high and travelling up to 10km inland.Data Authority
Marine DepartmentJapan Meteorological Agency
Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
