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Saturday, December 9, 1978 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, December 9, 1978 at 21:00 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 170.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.509 and latitude 44.699.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	130.0 km
Coordinates	44.699, 146.509
UTC time	1978-12-09 21:00:59.200

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1978-12-09

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	170.4 km
Abashiri	193.5 km
Kitami	231.3 km
Kushiro	257.3 km
Otofuke	326.6 km
Obihiro	331.3 km
Asahikawa	346.3 km
Korsakov	361.4 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	385.5 km
Wakkanai	388.3 km
Takikawa	389.2 km
Bibai	402.4 km

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