Earthquake details

Thursday, December 11, 1975 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, December 11, 1975 at 16:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 318.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.992 and latitude 44.794.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	67.0 km
Coordinates	44.794, 148.992
UTC time	1975-12-11 16:43:14.000

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1975-12-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	318.6 km
Abashiri	385.2 km
Kitami	421.0 km
Kushiro	422.1 km
Otofuke	505.9 km
Obihiro	509.2 km
Korsakov	524.5 km
Asahikawa	540.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	541.0 km
Wakkanai	578.9 km
Takikawa	582.1 km
Kholmsk	592.9 km

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