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USGS us10006sn0

26 Sept 2016, 03:24

52 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 5 mww earthquake at 64 km depth.

Depth64 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 December 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 52 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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41.880200, 142.204100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006sn0
Coordinates
41.8802, 142.2041
Network
us
Significance
386