Earthquake details

Saturday, January 24, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 24, 1976 at 23:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 310.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.076 and latitude 44.513.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	47.0 km
Coordinates	44.513, 149.076
UTC time	1976-01-24 23:22:41.600

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1976-01-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	310.4 km
Abashiri	387.0 km
Kushiro	415.0 km
Kitami	421.5 km
Otofuke	501.8 km
Obihiro	504.6 km
Asahikawa	542.3 km
Korsakov	544.4 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	562.3 km
Takikawa	583.5 km
Wakkanai	591.3 km
Bibai	593.4 km

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