Earthquake details

Sunday, October 27, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, October 27, 1974 at 02:29 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Abashiri (Japan - JP), about 111.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.013 and latitude 44.869.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	223.0 km
Coordinates	44.869, 145.013
UTC time	1974-10-27 02:29:23.600

Location	Kitami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1974-10-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Abashiri	111.3 km
Kitami	148.5 km
Nemuro	177.8 km
Kushiro	217.0 km
Asahikawa	243.8 km
Otofuke	254.5 km
Obihiro	261.2 km
Korsakov	262.2 km
Wakkanai	269.0 km
Takikawa	287.9 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	291.5 km
Bibai	305.2 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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