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USGS us10007swd

12 Jan 2017, 17:04

Sea of Japan

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 497.9 km depth.

Depth497.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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41.746800, 132.986700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us10007swd
Coordinates
41.7468, 132.9867
Network
us
Significance
449