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USGS usp0005kth

15 Jan 1993, 11:06

17 km W of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mb earthquake at 112.3 km depth.

Depth112.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated28 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 17 km W of Kushiro, Japan?

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42.982000, 144.165000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0005kth
Coordinates
42.982, 144.165
Network
us
Significance
572