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USGS iscgem897756

9 Feb 1947, 18:51

83 km WNW of Naze, Japan

A magnitude 6 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 83 km WNW of Naze, Japan?

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28.757000, 128.759000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem897756

Coordinates

28.757, 128.759

Network

iscgem

Significance

556