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USGS usp000hzt4

12 Apr 2011, 06:07

8 km WSW of Ishikawa, Japan

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 11 km depth.

Depth11 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated19 July 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 8 km WSW of Ishikawa, Japan?

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37.107000, 140.368000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000hzt4

Coordinates

37.107, 140.368

Network

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Significance

638