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USGS iscgem894811

15 Oct 1951, 22:02

51 km SSE of Muroto-misakicho, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 20.5 km depth.

Depth20.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 51 km SSE of Muroto-misakicho, Japan?

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32.863000, 134.404000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem894811

Coordinates

32.863, 134.404

Network

iscgem

Significance

565