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USGS iscgem902754

7 Nov 1938, 00:47

119 km E of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 119 km E of Iwaki, Japan?

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37.023000, 142.229000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem902754
Coordinates
37.023, 142.229
Network
iscgem
Significance
597