Earthquake details

Thursday, May 17, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, May 17, 1973 at 06:17 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 319.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.163 and latitude 44.575.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.575, 149.163
UTC time	1973-05-17 06:17:46.400

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1973-05-17

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	319.5 km
Abashiri	394.6 km
Kushiro	424.0 km
Kitami	429.4 km
Otofuke	510.4 km
Obihiro	513.3 km
Korsakov	547.4 km
Asahikawa	549.9 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	564.8 km
Takikawa	591.3 km
Wakkanai	596.6 km
Bibai	601.5 km

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