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USGS usp000hx3p

14 Mar 2011, 07:25

46 km E of Kitaibaraki, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 48.4 km depth.

Depth48.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 April 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 46 km E of Kitaibaraki, Japan?

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36.726000, 141.269000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hx3p
Coordinates
36.726, 141.269
Network
us
Significance
416