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Magnitude 6.6, KYUSHU, JAPAN, March 20, 2005,
Z = 10km 33.85N 129.98E

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has occurred in southern Japan http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usvwac.htm.

Losses from this event are expected to be light due to the remoteness of this event. Users of the EQECAT system are directed to 2 events on the Western Honshu which have characteristics similar to this event. The events are numbers 19798 and 19375.