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USGS us2000dat7

2 Mar 2018, 03:42

20 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 46.3 km depth.

Depth46.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km SSW of Yonakuni, Japan?

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24.290100, 122.934100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us2000dat7

Coordinates

24.2901, 122.9341

Network

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Significance

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