Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

11 Mar 2019

KUCHINOTSU

Station Information

Station ID: 1386
Latitude: 32.605278
Longitude: 130.195278
Coastline code: 645
Station code: 62
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1975 – 2018
Completeness (%): 97
Date of last update: 12 Feb 2019

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

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at KUCHINOTSU.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at KUCHINOTSU.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution.
NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Kuchinotsu 645/062 RLR(1976) is 19.2m below Attached BM 4306 Attached BM replaced the previous benchmark during 1980

Documentation added 2012-02-22

A massive earthquake mgnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday 11th March 2011 woth the epicentre situated approx. 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. The earthquake was the largest ever to strike Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5m travelling inland up to 10km.

Data Authority

Marine Department
Japan Meteorological Agency
Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo