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USGS usp000ftbs

26 Nov 2007, 13:51

52 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5.9 mwc earthquake at 42.4 km depth.

Depth42.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated14 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 52 km E of Namie, Japan?

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37.392000, 141.586000

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

71 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan

105 km ESE of Namie, Japan

120 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan

near the east coast of Honshu, Japan

9 km WSW of Ichihara, Japan

15 km WSW of Heda, Japan

Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000ftbs

Coordinates

37.392, 141.586

Network

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Significance

562