Earthquake details

Friday, June 5, 1981 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, June 5, 1981 at 19:41 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 307.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.899 and latitude 44.701.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.701, 148.899
UTC time	1981-06-05 19:41:50.600

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1981-06-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	307.1 km
Abashiri	376.1 km
Kushiro	410.9 km
Kitami	411.6 km
Otofuke	495.4 km
Obihiro	498.6 km
Korsakov	522.4 km
Asahikawa	531.2 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	539.6 km
Takikawa	573.0 km
Wakkanai	573.4 km
Bibai	583.9 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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