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USGS usp000dnsk

19 Apr 2005, 22:11

8 km NNW of Maebaru-ch??, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mwb earthquake at 18.7 km depth.

Depth18.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km NNW of Maebaru-ch??, Japan?

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33.637000, 130.179000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000dnsk
Coordinates
33.637, 130.179
Network
us
Significance
489