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USGS usp000ey17

17 Nov 2006, 18:03

Ryukyu Islands, Japan

A magnitude 6.2 mwc earthquake at 22 km depth.

Depth22 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Ryukyu Islands, Japan?

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28.591000, 129.895000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000ey17

Coordinates

28.591, 129.895

Network

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Significance

591