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USGS usp000gv6v

20 Mar 2009, 06:52

36 km S of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 5 mwr earthquake at 65 km depth.

Depth65 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 36 km S of Kushiro, Japan?

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42.643000, 144.382000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000gv6v
Coordinates
42.643, 144.382
Network
us
Significance
385