Earthquake details

Friday, January 2, 1981 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, January 2, 1981 at 22:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 304.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.153 and latitude 44.210.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.210, 149.153
UTC time	1981-01-02 22:26:20.500

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1981-01-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	304.1 km
Abashiri	390.8 km
Kushiro	409.0 km
Kitami	423.7 km
Otofuke	498.5 km
Obihiro	500.8 km
Asahikawa	545.7 km
Korsakov	566.3 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	585.6 km
Takikawa	585.8 km
Bibai	594.4 km
Iwamizawa	605.3 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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