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USGS usp000h1xt

28 Sept 2009, 20:22

146 km N of Nago, Japan

A magnitude 5.8 mwb earthquake at 9 km depth.

Depth9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 146 km N of Nago, Japan?

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27.927000, 127.821000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000h1xt
Coordinates
27.927, 127.821
Network
us
Significance
518