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USGS us10006f0e

19 Aug 2016, 13:07

45 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 37.3 km depth.

Depth37.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated19 November 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 45 km ESE of Kitaibaraki, Japan?

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36.613200, 141.209600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006f0e
Coordinates
36.6132, 141.2096
Network
us
Significance
429