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USGS usp000d818

9 Nov 2004, 18:43

7 km NNE of Ojiya, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mwc earthquake at 10.3 km depth.

Depth10.3 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km NNE of Ojiya, Japan?

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37.368000, 138.825000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000d818
Coordinates
37.368, 138.825
Network
us
Significance
400