Earthquake details

Friday, November 15, 1963 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, November 15, 1963 at 21:06 UTC with a magnitude of 6.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 295.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.003 and latitude 44.290.

Magnitude	6.2
Alert	Severe
Depth	28.2 km
Coordinates	44.290, 149.003
UTC time	1963-11-15 21:06:34.070

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1963-11-15

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	295.6 km
Abashiri	379.2 km
Kushiro	400.5 km
Kitami	412.5 km
Otofuke	489.2 km
Obihiro	491.6 km
Asahikawa	534.3 km
Korsakov	551.5 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	570.7 km
Takikawa	574.7 km
Bibai	583.7 km
Wakkanai	591.5 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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