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USGS us2000a3d2

1 Aug 2017, 18:02

6 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mww earthquake at 8.3 km depth.

Depth8.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 6 km W of Kitaibaraki, Japan?

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36.775900, 140.680100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000a3d2
Coordinates
36.7759, 140.6801
Network
us
Significance
549