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Saturday, March 25, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, March 25, 1978 at 01:31 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 298.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.223 and latitude 43.772.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	43.772, 149.223
UTC time	1978-03-25 01:31:31.200

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	298.5 km
Abashiri	398.2 km
Kushiro	402.1 km
Kitami	428.4 km
Otofuke	494.8 km
Obihiro	496.3 km
Asahikawa	551.1 km
Takikawa	589.5 km
Bibai	596.1 km
Korsakov	597.3 km
Iwamizawa	605.9 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	618.5 km

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