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USGS usc000kn4n

25 Oct 2013, 18:10

off the east coast of Honshu, Japan

A magnitude 7.1 mww earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagFlaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is off the east coast of Honshu, Japan?

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37.155700, 144.661100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000kn4n
Coordinates
37.1557, 144.6611
Network
us
Significance
872