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USGS usp000aybk

12 Feb 2002, 20:54

111 km S of Naze, Japan

A magnitude 5 ms earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 111 km S of Naze, Japan?

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27.364000, 129.498000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000aybk
Coordinates
27.364, 129.498
Network
us
Significance
385