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USGS usb000sfk5

24 Sept 2014, 14:30

33 km ENE of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mww earthquake at 53.1 km depth.

Depth53.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 33 km ENE of Namie, Japan?

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37.547700, 141.365900

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000sfk5
Coordinates
37.5477, 141.3659
Network
us
Significance
405