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Saturday, March 25, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, March 25, 1978 at 08:55 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 313.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.206 and latitude 44.347.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	40.0 km
Coordinates	44.347, 149.206
UTC time	1978-03-25 08:55:22.500

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-03-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	313.0 km
Abashiri	395.7 km
Kushiro	417.9 km
Kitami	429.3 km
Otofuke	506.4 km
Obihiro	508.9 km
Asahikawa	550.8 km
Korsakov	562.4 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	580.8 km
Takikawa	591.5 km
Bibai	600.6 km
Wakkanai	605.6 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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