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USGS usp000erfk

21 Aug 2006, 23:20

18 km SW of Shing?, Japan

A magnitude 5.5 mwc earthquake at 411.2 km depth.

Depth411.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 18 km SW of Shing?, Japan?

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33.631000, 135.825000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000erfk

Coordinates

33.631, 135.825

Network

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Significance

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