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USGS usp000jb4s

20 Nov 2011, 01:23

2 km ENE of Daigo, Japan

A magnitude 5 mwc earthquake at 32 km depth.

Depth32 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated6 September 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km ENE of Daigo, Japan?

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36.775000, 140.378000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jb4s
Coordinates
36.775, 140.378
Network
us
Significance
438