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USGS usp000jyv9

27 Jan 2013, 18:41

2 km ENE of ?miya, Japan

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 89.2 km depth.

Depth89.2 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated24 March 2015Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 2 km ENE of ?miya, Japan?

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36.562000, 140.446000

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usp000jyv9
Coordinates
36.562, 140.446
Network
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Significance
423