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USGS us20005jgz

18 Apr 2016, 12:42

8 km NNE of Aso, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 10.5 km depth.

Depth10.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km NNE of Aso, Japan?

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33.014300, 131.099100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20005jgz

Coordinates

33.0143, 131.0991

Network

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Significance

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