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USGS iscgem910977

31 May 1924, 13:02

5 km NNE of Omigawa, Japan

A magnitude 6.3 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 5 km NNE of Omigawa, Japan?

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35.893000, 140.646000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem910977

Coordinates

35.893, 140.646

Network

iscgem

Significance

607