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USGS usc000kp6n

27 Oct 2013, 18:13

off the east coast of Honshu, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 20.2 km depth.

Depth20.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is off the east coast of Honshu, Japan?

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37.087600, 144.573400

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000kp6n
Coordinates
37.0876, 144.5734
Network
us
Significance
466