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USGS usp000hw1t

11 Mar 2011, 19:40

226 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 35 km depth.

Depth35 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 226 km E of Namie, Japan?

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37.436000, 143.558000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hw1t
Coordinates
37.436, 143.558
Network
us
Significance
385