Earthquake details

Thursday, October 17, 1963 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, October 17, 1963 at 23:24 UTC with a magnitude of 6.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 318.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.101 and latitude 44.645.

Magnitude	6.2
Alert	Severe
Depth	51.9 km
Coordinates	44.645, 149.101
UTC time	1963-10-17 23:24:38.010

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1963-10-17

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	318.4 km
Abashiri	390.8 km
Kushiro	422.6 km
Kitami	426.0 km
Otofuke	508.3 km
Obihiro	511.3 km
Korsakov	539.5 km
Asahikawa	546.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	556.6 km
Takikawa	587.7 km
Wakkanai	590.3 km
Bibai	598.2 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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