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USGS usp000ct11

21 Apr 2004, 04:20

11 km E of Nichinan, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 32.6 km depth.

Depth32.6 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 11 km E of Nichinan, Japan?

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31.614000, 131.482000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000ct11
Coordinates
31.614, 131.482
Network
us
Significance
416