Earthquake details

Friday, August 27, 1965 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, August 27, 1965 at 18:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 306.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.060 and latitude 44.453.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	30.0 km
Coordinates	44.453, 149.060
UTC time	1965-08-27 18:22:03.630

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1965-08-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	306.5 km
Abashiri	385.0 km
Kushiro	411.2 km
Kitami	419.2 km
Otofuke	498.6 km
Obihiro	501.3 km
Asahikawa	540.3 km
Korsakov	546.5 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	564.7 km
Takikawa	581.3 km
Bibai	591.0 km
Wakkanai	591.5 km

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