Earthquake details

Wednesday, October 11, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, October 11, 1978 at 10:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 295.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.028 and latitude 44.238.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	49.0 km
Coordinates	44.238, 149.028
UTC time	1978-10-11 10:26:14.600

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-10-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	295.6 km
Abashiri	380.9 km
Kushiro	400.5 km
Kitami	414.0 km
Otofuke	489.6 km
Obihiro	492.0 km
Asahikawa	535.9 km
Korsakov	556.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	575.6 km
Takikawa	576.2 km
Bibai	584.9 km
Wakkanai	594.9 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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