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Thursday, March 23, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, March 23, 1978 at 03:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 304.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.126 and latitude 44.288.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.288, 149.126
UTC time	1978-03-23 03:14:23.300

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	304.8 km
Abashiri	388.9 km
Kushiro	409.7 km
Kitami	422.3 km
Otofuke	498.6 km
Obihiro	501.0 km
Asahikawa	544.0 km
Korsakov	560.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	579.0 km
Takikawa	584.5 km
Bibai	593.4 km
Wakkanai	601.0 km

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