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USGS usp000jdvp

23 Jan 2012, 11:45

9 km NE of Iwaki, Japan

A magnitude 5.2 mb earthquake at 62.4 km depth.

Depth62.4 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 9 km NE of Iwaki, Japan?

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37.108000, 140.965000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jdvp
Coordinates
37.108, 140.965
Network
us
Significance
452