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USGS usp000d5vw

6 Oct 2004, 12:34

150 km N of Nago, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mwr earthquake at 37.1 km depth.

Depth37.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 150 km N of Nago, Japan?

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27.972000, 128.014000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000d5vw
Coordinates
27.972, 128.014
Network
us
Significance
400