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USGS usp000hvup

11 Mar 2011, 11:31

7 km ESE of Nagai, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 58.1 km depth.

Depth58.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 7 km ESE of Nagai, Japan?

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38.085000, 140.115000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hvup
Coordinates
38.085, 140.115
Network
us
Significance
400