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Saturday, January 31, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 01:57 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 299.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.148 and latitude 44.076.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	47.0 km
Coordinates	44.076, 149.148
UTC time	1976-01-31 01:57:15.100

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1976-01-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	299.5 km
Abashiri	390.3 km
Kushiro	404.2 km
Kitami	422.4 km
Otofuke	494.8 km
Obihiro	496.9 km
Asahikawa	544.8 km
Korsakov	573.7 km
Takikawa	584.4 km
Bibai	592.4 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	593.7 km
Iwamizawa	602.9 km

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