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USGS iscgem892555

4 Mar 1952, 16:30

125 km S of Nemuro, Japan

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 12.4 km depth.

Depth12.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 125 km S of Nemuro, Japan?

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42.198000, 145.516000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem892555

Coordinates

42.198, 145.516

Network

iscgem

Significance

611