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Thursday, March 23, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, March 23, 1978 at 00:46 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 296.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.090 and latitude 44.112.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	47.0 km
Coordinates	44.112, 149.090
UTC time	1978-03-23 00:46:35.000

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	296.1 km
Abashiri	385.6 km
Kushiro	400.9 km
Kitami	418.0 km
Otofuke	491.1 km
Obihiro	493.3 km
Asahikawa	540.2 km
Korsakov	567.7 km
Takikawa	580.0 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	587.6 km
Bibai	588.2 km
Iwamizawa	598.8 km

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