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USGS iscgem913777

18 Mar 1916, 00:55

102 km S of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mw earthquake at 60 km depth.

Depth60 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 102 km S of Kushiro, Japan?

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42.056000, 144.454000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgem913777
Coordinates
42.056, 144.454
Network
iscgem
Significance
578