Earthquake details

Thursday, March 23, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, March 23, 1978 at 01:04 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 304.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.144 and latitude 44.255.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.255, 149.144
UTC time	1978-03-23 01:04:44.800

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	304.9 km
Abashiri	390.2 km
Kushiro	409.9 km
Kitami	423.4 km
Otofuke	499.0 km
Obihiro	501.4 km
Asahikawa	545.2 km
Korsakov	563.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	582.2 km
Takikawa	585.5 km
Bibai	594.3 km
Wakkanai	603.3 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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