Earthquake details

Tuesday, November 19, 1963 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, November 19, 1963 at 11:00 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 310.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.236 and latitude 44.216.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	18.9 km
Coordinates	44.216, 149.236
UTC time	1963-11-19 11:00:53.810

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1963-11-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	310.6 km
Abashiri	397.4 km
Kushiro	415.5 km
Kitami	430.3 km
Otofuke	505.1 km
Obihiro	507.4 km
Asahikawa	552.3 km
Korsakov	571.7 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	590.8 km
Takikawa	592.5 km
Bibai	601.1 km
Wakkanai	611.5 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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