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USGS usp000hw2g

11 Mar 2011, 20:25

97 km E of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 59.2 km depth.

Depth59.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 97 km E of Iwaki, Japan?

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36.898000, 141.967000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hw2g
Coordinates
36.898, 141.967
Network
us
Significance
416