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USGS us20002wz9
12 Jul 2015, 18:52
12 km SSW of Usuki, Japan
A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 53 km depth.
Published location
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33.022900, 131.749300
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Event ID
us20002wz9
Coordinates
33.0229, 131.7493
Network
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Significance
487