Earthquake details

Tuesday, November 18, 1958 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, November 18, 1958 at 18:33 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 297.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.021 and latitude 44.294.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	44.294, 149.021
UTC time	1958-11-18 18:33:07.180

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1958-11-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	297.1 km
Abashiri	380.6 km
Kushiro	402.0 km
Kitami	414.0 km
Otofuke	490.7 km
Obihiro	493.1 km
Asahikawa	535.7 km
Korsakov	552.5 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	571.7 km
Takikawa	576.2 km
Bibai	585.2 km
Wakkanai	592.7 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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