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USGS usp000ggfp

5 Sept 2008, 16:12

157 km SE of Shing?, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 mwb earthquake at 410.4 km depth.

Depth410.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 157 km SE of Shing?, Japan?

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32.634000, 137.049000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000ggfp

Coordinates

32.634, 137.049

Network

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Significance

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