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USGS usp000hb6m

11 Apr 2010, 14:02

Ryukyu Islands, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mwr earthquake at 45.7 km depth.

Depth45.7 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Ryukyu Islands, Japan?

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29.509000, 130.402000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000hb6m

Coordinates

29.509, 130.402

Network

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Significance

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