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USGS us10006sp5

26 Sept 2016, 06:13

91 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 33.7 km depth.

Depth33.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 December 2016Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 91 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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41.699000, 143.078200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10006sp5
Coordinates
41.699, 143.0782
Network
us
Significance
436