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USGS us20005jr8

19 Apr 2016, 09:52

6 km NNE of Honmachi, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 5.4 km depth.

Depth5.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

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Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 6 km NNE of Honmachi, Japan?

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32.557400, 130.613600

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us20005jr8

Coordinates

32.5574, 130.6136

Network

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Significance

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