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USGS usp000c8w7

28 Sept 2003, 01:23

74 km S of Obihiro, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 33 km depth.

Depth33 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 74 km S of Obihiro, Japan?

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42.247000, 143.269000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000c8w7
Coordinates
42.247, 143.269
Network
us
Significance
416