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USGS usp000hw7w

12 Mar 2011, 01:59

159 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 26.9 km depth.

Depth26.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated7 November 2014Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 159 km E of Namie, Japan?

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37.483000, 142.802000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hw7w
Coordinates
37.483, 142.802
Network
us
Significance
416