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USGS us20003j0v

12 Sept 2015, 14:38

53 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 49 km depth.

Depth49 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated1 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 53 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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41.896800, 142.652200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20003j0v
Coordinates
41.8968, 142.6522
Network
us
Significance
450