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USGS iscgem877175

11 Aug 1961, 16:51

48 km SW of Nemuro, Japan

A magnitude 7 mw earthquake at 43.9 km depth.

Depth43.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 48 km SW of Nemuro, Japan?

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43.056000, 145.101000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem877175

Coordinates

43.056, 145.101

Network

iscgem

Significance

758