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USGS usp000a2qv

30 Oct 2000, 16:42

western Honshu, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 34.9 km depth.

Depth34.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated29 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is western Honshu, Japan?

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34.300000, 136.214000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000a2qv
Coordinates
34.3, 136.214
Network
us
Significance
465