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USGS iscgem908235

26 Jul 1929, 23:48

2 km SSE of Zama, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 60 km depth.

Depth60 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km SSE of Zama, Japan?

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35.469000, 139.400000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem908235
Coordinates
35.469, 139.4
Network
iscgem
Significance
584