Earthquake details

Saturday, April 2, 1938 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, April 2, 1938 at 07:30 UTC with a magnitude of 6.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 310.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.009 and latitude 44.616.

Magnitude	6.2
Alert	Severe
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	44.616, 149.009
UTC time	1938-04-02 07:30:07.290

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1938-04-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	310.4 km
Abashiri	383.2 km
Kushiro	414.7 km
Kitami	418.2 km
Otofuke	500.3 km
Obihiro	503.3 km
Korsakov	534.4 km
Asahikawa	538.4 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	551.9 km
Takikawa	579.9 km
Wakkanai	583.8 km
Bibai	590.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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