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USGS us10004uv6

5 Mar 2016, 00:33

147 km S of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 14.1 km depth.

Depth14.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated16 May 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 147 km S of Kushiro, Japan?

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41.653600, 144.230400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10004uv6
Coordinates
41.6536, 144.2304
Network
us
Significance
400