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USGS usp000behq

14 Oct 2002, 15:12

87 km E of Mutsu, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 61.4 km depth.

Depth61.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 87 km E of Mutsu, Japan?

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41.174000, 142.249000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000behq
Coordinates
41.174, 142.249
Network
us
Significance
572