Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

20 May 2019

KOBE II

WARNING: QCFLAG EXISTS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION.

Station Information

Station ID: 1790
Latitude: 34.682222
Longitude: 135.190278
Coastline code: 643
Station code: 25
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1992 – 2018
Completeness (%): 98
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 KOBE II.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at KOBE II.

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 1994-07-01

1 June 1992: New station January 17th 1995 Earthquake magnitude 6.8

Documentation added 1997-09-17

Earthquake noted in Southern Hyogo Prefecture, 17th January 1995

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 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 of up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland.

Data Authority

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