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USGS iscgem909429

5 Aug 1927, 22:12

114 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 7 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 114 km E of Namie, Japan?

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37.579000, 142.289000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

Northern Honshu, Japan

83 km WSW of Fukaura, Japan

63 km ESE of Hachinohe, Japan

27 km SSW of ?funato, Japan

107 km E of Namie, Japan

30 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem909429

Coordinates

37.579, 142.289

Network

iscgem

Significance

754