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USGS iscgemsup897349

23 May 1948, 10:13

24 km NNW of Weihai, China

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated9 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 24 km NNW of Weihai, China?

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37.717000, 122.031000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
iscgemsup897349
Coordinates
37.717, 122.031
Network
iscgemsup
Significance
584