diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/geo/Locations.java b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/geo/Locations.java
index 99a9106c2fa49fac6a805c5efdb53a7b890dd739..b70365cbea0ce893a1e8736301591814a53e9153 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/geo/Locations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/usgs/earthquake/nshmp/geo/Locations.java
@@ -468,8 +468,20 @@ public final class Locations {
   }
 
   /*
-   * Helper assumes supplied values in radians and kilometers. Returned location
-   * is rounded to 6 decimal places, sub-meter scale precision.
+   * Helper assumes supplied values in radians and kilometers.
+   *
+   * TODO revisit. Introduced rounding of result in refactoring for JSON. This
+   * changes hazard, most significantly when creating pseudo-sources for grid
+   * source optimization tables. I think it would be nice to have locations be
+   * lower precision when resampling traces or splitting location lists.
+   * Consider introducing a rounding flag.
+   *
+   * Interestingly the Locations tests did not fail when the formatting was
+   * removed
+   *
+   * Location.create( Maths.round(lon2 * Maths.TO_DEGREES, 5), Maths.round(lat2
+   * * Maths.TO_DEGREES, 5), Maths.round(depth + Δv, 5));
+   *
    */
   private static Location location(
       double lon,
@@ -486,10 +498,7 @@ public final class Locations {
     double cosD = cos(ad);
     double lat2 = asin(sinLat1 * cosD + cosLat1 * sinD * cos(az));
     double lon2 = lon + atan2(sin(az) * sinD * cosLat1, cosD - sinLat1 * sin(lat2));
-    return Location.create(
-        Maths.round(lon2 * Maths.TO_DEGREES, 5),
-        Maths.round(lat2 * Maths.TO_DEGREES, 5),
-        Maths.round(depth + Δv, 5));
+    return Location.create(lon2 * Maths.TO_DEGREES, lat2 * Maths.TO_DEGREES, depth + Δv);
   }
 
   /**