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USGS us20002et4

12 May 2015, 22:12

32 km SE of ?funato, Japan

A magnitude 6.8 mww earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 32 km SE of ?funato, Japan?

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38.905600, 142.031700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20002et4
Coordinates
38.9056, 142.0317
Network
us
Significance
831