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USGS iscgem888410

29 Jun 1956, 03:21

75 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 75 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan?

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24.040000, 122.424000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem888410

Coordinates

24.04, 122.424

Network

iscgem

Significance

595