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USGS iscgem913339

11 Nov 1918, 07:03

14 km WSW of Matsumoto, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated25 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 14 km WSW of Matsumoto, Japan?

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36.172000, 137.827000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem913339

Coordinates

36.172, 137.827

Network

iscgem

Significance

572