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Thursday, March 23, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, March 23, 1978 at 08:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 301.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.064 and latitude 44.318.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	48.0 km
Coordinates	44.318, 149.064
UTC time	1978-03-23 08:14:31.900

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	301.3 km
Abashiri	384.2 km
Kushiro	406.2 km
Kitami	417.7 km
Otofuke	494.7 km
Obihiro	497.2 km
Asahikawa	539.3 km
Korsakov	554.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	573.1 km
Takikawa	579.9 km
Bibai	589.0 km
Wakkanai	595.4 km

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