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USGS iscgem891705

26 May 1953, 02:43

74 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 49.3 km depth.

Depth49.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 74 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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41.796000, 142.904000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem891705
Coordinates
41.796, 142.904
Network
iscgem
Significance
591