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USGS us10004bm0

5 Jan 2016, 21:59

Volcano Islands, Japan region

A magnitude 5.7 mww earthquake at 158 km depth.

Depth158 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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22.066900, 143.610800

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004bm0
Coordinates
22.0669, 143.6108
Network
us
Significance
500