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THE U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, in cooperation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association, has made a preliminary determination of the epicentre of the earthquake of November 22, 1938, 1 h. 14.1 m. G.C.T., and finds it to be situated in latitude 37° 1ST., longitude 142° E. This was made possible by reports from the seismo-logical stations at Honolulu, Manila, Zikawei, Victoria, Georgetown, Fordham, Sitka and Philadelphia. This epicentre is under the bed of the ocean to the northeast of the main island of Japan, and is near the epicentres of the shocks of November 5 and 6, which were lat. 38° N., long. 141° E., and lat. 36° N., long. 144° E. respectively.
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Earthquake near Japan. Nature 143, 21 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143021b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143021b0