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USGS us6000fq2d

29 Sept 2021, 09:37

243 km NNW of Nanao, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mww earthquake at 364 km depth.

Depth364 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 243 km NNW of Nanao, Japan?

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38.889300, 135.452700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000fq2d
Coordinates
38.8893, 135.4527
Network
us
Significance
603