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USGS usp000hvqt

11 Mar 2011, 07:40

78 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 mb earthquake at 16.1 km depth.

Depth16.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 78 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan?

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38.345000, 142.191000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000hvqt

Coordinates

38.345, 142.191

Network

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Significance

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