Earthquake details

Thursday, March 23, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, March 23, 1978 at 05:23 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 300.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.151 and latitude 44.101.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.101, 149.151
UTC time	1978-03-23 05:23:16.900

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	300.4 km
Abashiri	390.5 km
Kushiro	405.2 km
Kitami	422.8 km
Otofuke	495.6 km
Obihiro	497.7 km
Asahikawa	545.1 km
Korsakov	572.5 km
Takikawa	584.8 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	592.3 km
Bibai	592.9 km
Iwamizawa	603.5 km

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