Earthquake details

Friday, November 6, 1964 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, November 6, 1964 at 09:53 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 313.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.141 and latitude 44.483.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	40.3 km
Coordinates	44.483, 149.141
UTC time	1964-11-06 09:53:22.270

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1964-11-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	313.7 km
Abashiri	391.7 km
Kushiro	418.5 km
Kitami	426.1 km
Otofuke	505.7 km
Obihiro	508.4 km
Asahikawa	547.1 km
Korsakov	550.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	568.5 km
Takikawa	588.1 km
Wakkanai	597.1 km
Bibai	597.9 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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