Earthquake details

Saturday, February 17, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 19:15 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 317.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.571 and latitude 45.208.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	113.0 km
Coordinates	45.208, 148.571
UTC time	1973-02-17 19:15:11.400

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1973-02-17

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	317.8 km
Abashiri	365.5 km
Kitami	403.1 km
Kushiro	417.5 km
Korsakov	475.8 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	490.5 km
Otofuke	495.0 km
Obihiro	499.1 km
Asahikawa	518.0 km
Wakkanai	540.3 km
Kholmsk	543.0 km
Takikawa	561.1 km

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