Earthquake details

Saturday, January 24, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 24, 1976 at 19:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 320.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.199 and latitude 44.545.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	48.0 km
Coordinates	44.545, 149.199
UTC time	1976-01-24 19:12:46.600

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1976-01-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	320.7 km
Abashiri	397.1 km
Kushiro	425.3 km
Kitami	431.7 km
Otofuke	512.1 km
Obihiro	515.0 km
Korsakov	551.5 km
Asahikawa	552.4 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	568.9 km
Takikawa	593.6 km
Wakkanai	600.1 km
Bibai	603.7 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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