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USGS us20007fic

20 Oct 2016, 03:49

7 km S of Sawara, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 18.9 km depth.

Depth18.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 7 km S of Sawara, Japan?

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35.819600, 140.508200

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20007fic
Coordinates
35.8196, 140.5082
Network
us
Significance
468