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USGS usp000hvq1

11 Mar 2011, 06:54

54 km E of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 5.4 mb earthquake at 9.5 km depth.

Depth9.5 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 54 km E of Iwaki, Japan?

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36.974000, 141.493000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hvq1
Coordinates
36.974, 141.493
Network
us
Significance
449