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USING reports from the seismological stations at Honolulu, Victoria, Tucson, Manila, Huancayo, Zikawei, Burlington and Philadelphia, the United States Coast and, Geodetic Survey has made a preliminary determination of the epicentre and initial time as follows: lat. 37° N., long. 142° E., November 30, 2 h. 29 m. 52 s. G.C.T. The epicentre is under the ocean bed to the north-east of the coast of the main island of Japan, and is the same as that for the earthquake of November 22, Ih. 14-lm. G.C.T. No effects of this shock have been reported from land.
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Earthquake near Japan. Nature 143, 891 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143891d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143891d0