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USGS usp000hy2t

20 Mar 2011, 17:08

255 km E of Namie, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mwc earthquake at 23.4 km depth.

Depth23.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 255 km E of Namie, Japan?

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37.136000, 143.853000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000hy2t
Coordinates
37.136, 143.853
Network
us
Significance
416