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USGS us6000gdup

20 Dec 2021, 16:05

25 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 40.8 km depth.

Depth40.8 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated1 March 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 25 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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42.391800, 142.664900

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000gdup

Coordinates

42.3918, 142.6649

Network

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Significance

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