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USGS us20008ks7

19 Feb 2017, 09:19

10 km SW of Hasaki, Japan

A magnitude 5.4 mww earthquake at 42 km depth.

Depth42 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 10 km SW of Hasaki, Japan?

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35.662100, 140.752300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us20008ks7
Coordinates
35.6621, 140.7523
Network
us
Significance
507