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USGS usp000j5ua

1 Aug 2011, 15:58

20 km E of ?yama, Japan

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 13 km depth.

Depth13 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated8 August 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 20 km E of ?yama, Japan?

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34.631000, 138.433000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000j5ua
Coordinates
34.631, 138.433
Network
us
Significance
657