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USGS us1000eu1c

17 Jun 2018, 23:58

near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 10.3 km depth.

Depth10.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated21 November 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is near the south coast of western Honshu, Japan?

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34.824600, 135.638900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000eu1c
Coordinates
34.8246, 135.6389
Network
us
Significance
2392