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USGS iscgem913962

12 Jan 1914, 09:28

8 km NNE of Kajiki, Japan

A magnitude 6.8 mw earthquake at 15 km depth.

Depth15 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated26 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km NNE of Kajiki, Japan?

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31.807000, 130.686000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

iscgem913962

Coordinates

31.807, 130.686

Network

iscgem

Significance

711