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USGS iscgem911900

15 May 1922, 21:21

130 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 6.5 mw earthquake at 30 km depth.

Depth30 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 130 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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41.227000, 142.904000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem911900
Coordinates
41.227, 142.904
Network
iscgem
Significance
642