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USGS usb000sm8k

14 Oct 2014, 23:52

26 km W of Naha, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 34.7 km depth.

Depth34.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 26 km W of Naha, Japan?

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26.253100, 127.422400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000sm8k
Coordinates
26.2531, 127.4224
Network
us
Significance
435