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Friday, March 24, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, March 24, 1978 at 21:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 299.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.040 and latitude 44.305.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.305, 149.040
UTC time	1978-03-24 21:50:54.300

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	299.0 km
Abashiri	382.2 km
Kushiro	403.9 km
Kitami	415.7 km
Otofuke	492.5 km
Obihiro	494.9 km
Asahikawa	537.3 km
Korsakov	553.2 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	572.3 km
Takikawa	577.8 km
Bibai	586.9 km
Wakkanai	593.9 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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