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Saturday, January 31, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 00:25 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 302.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.211 and latitude 43.995.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	41.0 km
Coordinates	43.995, 149.211
UTC time	1976-01-31 00:25:31.400

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1976-01-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	302.2 km
Abashiri	395.6 km
Kushiro	406.7 km
Kitami	427.2 km
Otofuke	498.0 km
Obihiro	499.8 km
Asahikawa	549.7 km
Korsakov	582.8 km
Takikawa	589.0 km
Bibai	596.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	603.0 km
Iwamizawa	607.0 km

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