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Add as a preferred source on GoogleThe center placed the quake 473 kilometers deep and issued an information bulletin at 10:27 p.m. ET Saturday.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported a preliminary magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Japan’s Bonin Islands region, listing the event at a depth of 473 kilometers and issuing an information bulletin.
The center gave the origin time as 10:09 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 23 (02:09 UTC Saturday, Oct. 24), at coordinates 28.000, 139.900.
The bulletin was issued at 10:27 p.m. ET Saturday, Oct. 24 (02:27 UTC Sunday, Oct. 25).
The quake was 473 kilometers deep. The National Tsunami Warning Center issued its information statement at 10:26 p.m. ET Saturday.
The center’s alert lists a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 (Mwp), a depth of 10 kilometers and an origin time of 10:31:27 p.m. ET Friday (02:31:27 UTC Saturday).
The U.S. Geological Survey placed the epicenter 197 kilometers northwest of Port-Olry; GDACS listed a depth of 16 kilometers.
