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USGS us10007mba
23 Dec 2016, 17:25
106 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan
A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 23.5 km depth.
Published location
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36.716400, 142.002300
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Event ID
us10007mba
Coordinates
36.7164, 142.0023
Network
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Significance
402