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USGS iscgem900120

3 Dec 1943, 07:52

64 km S of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 63.9 km depth.

Depth63.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 64 km S of Kushiro, Japan?

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42.407000, 144.232000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem900120
Coordinates
42.407, 144.232
Network
iscgem
Significance
589