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USGS usp000d6vn

23 Oct 2004, 10:03

2 km NE of Ojiya, Japan

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 10.5 km depth.

Depth10.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km NE of Ojiya, Japan?

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37.318000, 138.816000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000d6vn
Coordinates
37.318, 138.816
Network
us
Significance
572