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.
Yokosuka 642/081 RLR(1975) is 9.9m below BM Yokosuka
Documentation added 2012-02-21
A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday11th March 2011 with the epicentre approx. 70km east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku. It was the most powerful known earthquake to hit Japan and triggered a tsunami with waves up to 40.5m travelling up to 10km inland.
Data Authority
Japan Oceanographic Data Centre Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency MLIT Aomi Building 2-5-18, Aomi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0064