Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 26, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, April 26, 1978 at 18:38 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 305.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.231 and latitude 44.069.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.069, 149.231
UTC time	1978-04-26 18:38:36.900

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-04-26

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	305.7 km
Abashiri	397.0 km
Kushiro	410.4 km
Kitami	429.0 km
Otofuke	501.2 km
Obihiro	503.2 km
Asahikawa	551.4 km
Korsakov	579.8 km
Takikawa	591.0 km
Bibai	598.9 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	599.6 km
Iwamizawa	609.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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