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USGS us10007bh7

22 Nov 2016, 17:53

61 km N of Hirara, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 78.7 km depth.

Depth78.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated15 February 2017Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 61 km N of Hirara, Japan?

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25.352400, 125.191300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007bh7
Coordinates
25.3524, 125.1913
Network
us
Significance
400