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USGS us7000d2m3

23 Jan 2021, 05:39

20 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 108.2 km depth.

Depth108.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated13 April 2021Latest timestamp stored in this record

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Where is 20 km E of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan?

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42.322000, 142.619600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000d2m3
Coordinates
42.322, 142.6196
Network
us
Significance
385