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USGS iscgem896665

11 Jul 1949, 17:10

22 km E of Yanai, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 44.8 km depth.

Depth44.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 22 km E of Yanai, Japan?

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33.945000, 132.357000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem896665

Coordinates

33.945, 132.357

Network

iscgem

Significance

576