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USGS usp0006uz0

31 Mar 1995, 15:01

215 km NW of Hakui, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mw earthquake at 354.4 km depth.

Depth354.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 215 km NW of Hakui, Japan?

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38.212000, 135.012000

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M 6.2

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M 6.3

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M 6.1

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M 5.9

226 km SE of Preobrazheniye, Russia

M 6.6

90 km WNW of Sado, Japan

M 6.6

Sea of Japan

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0006uz0
Coordinates
38.212, 135.012
Network
us
Significance
591