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Saturday, November 16, 1963 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, November 16, 1963 at 02:30 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 298.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.865 and latitude 44.572.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	49.7 km
Coordinates	44.572, 148.865
UTC time	1963-11-16 02:30:10.930

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1963-11-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	298.0 km
Abashiri	371.2 km
Kushiro	402.3 km
Kitami	406.1 km
Otofuke	487.9 km
Obihiro	490.9 km
Asahikawa	526.5 km
Korsakov	526.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	544.6 km
Takikawa	567.9 km
Wakkanai	573.6 km
Bibai	578.2 km

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