JUAN FERNANDEZ-A

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 1461
Latitude: -33.616667
Longitude: -78.833333
GLOSS ID: 176
Coastline code: 850
Station code: 37
Country: CHILE
Time span of data: 1977 – 1984
Completeness (%): 60
Date of last update: 29 Aug 1990

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 Real Time Stations from VLIZ: juan2, juan
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 21: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 21: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Documentation added 1993-03-22

DATA RECEIVED FROM TOGA OFFICE

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.

Data Authority

University of Hawaii
Department of Oceanography Division of Natural Sciences
1000 Pope Road
Honolulu
Hawaii 96822