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USGS usp000j194

9 May 2011, 21:15

199 km ESE of Onagawa Ch?, Japan

A magnitude 5.6 mwc earthquake at 11 km depth.

Depth11 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated17 January 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 199 km ESE of Onagawa Ch?, Japan?

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37.739000, 143.536000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000j194
Coordinates
37.739, 143.536
Network
us
Significance
482