European Sea Level Service

Tsunami data

After the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami in 2004, ESEAS has been contacted by several organisations that are interested in data from our tide gauges. Even though our tide gauges are not tailor-made for tsunami warnings or even detection, our data can be used in the global analysis. We hope ESEAS Observing Site data will contribute to the scientific development and improve the warning systems for extreme events like tsunamis.

We have collected the following ESEAS Observing Site information and data from the period between December 25th 2004 and January 1st 2005:

The data can be retrieved from the table below. As you can see from the table, not all of the stations have been able to provide us with the full list of data and the formats may vary. Some stations can provide higher frequency data.


Station name Coordinates 10 minute data Hourly data
Ijmuiden 52 28 N 04 35 EYesNo
Newlyn 50 06 N 05 33 WYesNo
Calais 50.97 N 1.66 WYesNo
Le Conquet 48.37 N -4.78 WYesNo
Sassnitz 54 31 N 13 39 EYesYes
Andenes 69 19 N 16 09 EYesNo
Borkum (Fischerbalje) 53 35 N 06 40 EYesYes
Roscoff 48.72 N -3.96 WYesNo
Bakar 45 18 N 14 32 EYesYes
Lerwick 60 09 N 01 08 WYesNo
Hoek van Holland 51 59 N 04 07 EYesNo
Cadzand 51 23 N 03 23 EYesNo
Stornoway 58 12 N 06 23 WYesNo
Delfzijl 53 20 N 06 56 EYesNo
Brest 48.38 N -4.50 WYesNo
Constantza 44 10 N 28 40 EYesYes
Alexandroupolis 40 51 N 25 53 ENoYes
Den Helder 52 58 N 04 45 EYesNo
Petten Zuid 52 47 N 04 40 EYesNo
San Antonio 00 00 N 00 00 WYesNo
Ibiza 38 54 N 01 26 EYesNo
Saint Malo 48.63 N -2.03 WYesNo
Kiel 00 00 N 00 00 WYesYes
Split Harbour 43 30 N 16 26 EYesYes
Las Palmas C 28 08 N 15 25 WYesNo
Scheveningen 52 06 N 04 16 EYesNo
Boulogne-Sur-Mer 50.73 N 1.58 WYesNo
Westkapelle 51 31 N 03 26 EYesNo
Hoernum 00 00 N 00 00 WYesYes
Qaqortoq 60 43 N 46 02 WNoYes
Ny-alesund 78 56 N 11 56 EYesNo
Ceuta-D 35 54 N 05 19 WYesNo
Antalya II 36 50 N 30 37 EYesYes
Coruna 43 21 N 08 23 WYesNo
Huelva 37 08 N 06 49 WYesNo
Zadar 44 07 N 15 14 EYesYes
Huibertgat 53 35 N 06 24 EYesNo
Cuxhaven 2 53 52 N 08 43 EYesYes
Venezia (Diga Sud Chio) 45 13 N 12 18 ENoYes
Dubrovnik 42 40 N 18 04 EYesYes
Venezia (Diga Sud Lido) 45 21 N 12 23 ENoYes
Brouwershavense Gat 51 45 N 03 49 EYesNo
West-Terschelling 53 22 N 05 13 EYesNo
Midia 44 19 N 28 41 WYesNo
Trieste 45 39 N 13 45 EYesYes
Helgoland 2 54 09 N 07 52 EYesYes
Vlissingen 51 27 N 03 36 EYesNo
Harlingen 53 10 N 05 25 EYesNo
Wierumergronden 53 31 N 05 58 EYesNo
Rovinj 45 05 N 13 38 EYesYes
Bilbao 43 20 N 03 02 WYesNo
Tenerife 28 28 N 16 14 WYesNo
Terschelling Noordzee 53 27 N 05 20 EYesNo
Texel Noordzee 53 07 N 04 44 EYesNo
Koper 45 34 N 13 45 EYesNo
Warnemunde 2 54 11 N 12 05 EYesYes
Roompot Buiten 51 37 N 03 40 EYesNo
Skagen 57 43 N 10 36 EYesNo
Levkas 38 50 N 20 42 ENoYes
Venezia (Punta Salute) 45 26 N 12 20 ENoYes
Haringvliet 51 52 N 03 52 EYesNo
Mangalia 43 49 N 28 36 EYesNo