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Saturday, June 17, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, June 17, 1978 at 10:30 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 305.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.220 and latitude 44.087.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	37.0 km
Coordinates	44.087, 149.220
UTC time	1978-06-17 10:30:54.600

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-06-17

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	305.4 km
Abashiri	396.0 km
Kushiro	410.1 km
Kitami	428.2 km
Otofuke	500.7 km
Obihiro	502.7 km
Asahikawa	550.6 km
Korsakov	578.0 km
Takikawa	590.2 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	597.7 km
Bibai	598.2 km
Iwamizawa	608.8 km

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