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USGS us6000fwdc

21 Oct 2021, 09:36

271 km SE of Shing?, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 335.8 km depth.

Depth335.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 271 km SE of Shing?, Japan?

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32.113100, 138.161400

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000fwdc

Coordinates

32.1131, 138.1614

Network

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Significance

483