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USGS iscgem895387

26 Apr 1950, 08:04

20 km WNW of Shing?, Japan

A magnitude 6.3 mw earthquake at 48.6 km depth.

Depth48.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km WNW of Shing?, Japan?

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33.780000, 135.772000

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11 km SE of Maizuru, Japan

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138 km ESE of Shing?, Japan

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem895387

Coordinates

33.78, 135.772

Network

iscgem

Significance

603