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USGS usp000c90r

29 Sept 2003, 03:36

58 km S of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 6.5 mwc earthquake at 25 km depth.

Depth25 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 58 km S of Kushiro, Japan?

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42.450000, 144.380000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000c90r
Coordinates
42.45, 144.38
Network
us
Significance
650