Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 26, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, April 26, 1978 at 18:35 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 299.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.101 and latitude 44.203.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.203, 149.101
UTC time	1978-04-26 18:35:26.700

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-04-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	299.9 km
Abashiri	386.6 km
Kushiro	404.8 km
Kitami	419.5 km
Otofuke	494.3 km
Obihiro	496.6 km
Asahikawa	541.5 km
Korsakov	563.1 km
Takikawa	581.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	582.6 km
Bibai	590.2 km
Iwamizawa	601.0 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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