M 4.5, southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan

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Magnitude	4.5
Date-Time
Location	25.868?N, 125.671?E
Depth	53.5 km (33.2 miles)
Region	SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
Distances	203 km (126 miles) W of Naha, Okinawa, Japan 220 km (136 miles) NE of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan 409 km (254 miles) ENE of Su'ao, Taiwan 1302 km (809 miles) S of SEOUL, South Korea
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 20 km (12.4 miles); depth +/- 11.4 km (7.1 miles)
Parameters	NST= 56, Nph= 56, Dmin=281.6 km, Rmss=0.71 sec, Gp=104?, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb0009qwh

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