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USGS us7000gdwz

21 Jan 2022, 16:08

27 km SSE of Saiki, Japan

A magnitude 6.3 mww earthquake at 39 km depth.

Depth39 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated10 February 2023Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 27 km SSE of Saiki, Japan?

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32.728200, 132.038600

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us7000gdwz
Coordinates
32.7282, 132.0386
Network
us
Significance
690