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Puzzle #64 was 5 km NE of Mitsukaidō, Japan.

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How it scored

Magnitude
M5.0 — moderate class
Magnitude type
mb — body-wave magnitude
Depth
77.3 km — intermediate
Region
Japan
Tsunami indicator
USGS tsunami indicator not set
Felt reports
50 DYFI reports
PAGER alert
No PAGER alert color reported
Tectonic plates
Pacific Plate · Philippine Sea Plate · Eurasian Plate · North American Plate
Tectonic context
Japan sits at a complex set of subduction boundaries involving the Pacific and Philippine Sea plates and overriding continental plates.

Also on the record

USGS reports magnitude M5.0. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
Moderate (M5.0–5.9)
The hypocentral depth is 77.3 km. Which depth band is it in?
Intermediate (70–300 km)
USGS locates the event at “5 km NE of Mitsukaidō, Japan”. Which broad authored region matches?
Japan
What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
No — USGS did not set the event’s tsunami indicator; that is not a forecast.
USGS received 50 “Did You Feel It?” reports. Which band is that?
A few reports (1–99)

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