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USGS usp0009wwn

21 Jul 2000, 06:16

61 km E of ?hara, Japan

A magnitude 5.7 mwc earthquake at 52.4 km depth.

Depth52.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 61 km E of ?hara, Japan?

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35.181000, 141.066000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp0009wwn
Coordinates
35.181, 141.066
Network
us
Significance
500