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USGS usb000s4nk

20 Aug 2014, 20:38

156 km S of ?yama, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 307.9 km depth.

Depth307.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 156 km S of ?yama, Japan?

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33.196900, 138.114400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000s4nk
Coordinates
33.1969, 138.1144
Network
us
Significance
416