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USGS us6000hn6m

23 May 2022, 03:01

136 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 34 km depth.

Depth34 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 136 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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41.235700, 143.099100

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us6000hn6m

Coordinates

41.2357, 143.0991

Network

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Significance

467