Earthquake details

Wednesday, December 19, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Wednesday, December 19, 1984 at 00:49 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 309.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.245 and latitude 44.159.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	47.5 km
Coordinates	44.159, 149.245
UTC time	1984-12-19 00:49:01.310

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1984-12-19

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	309.4 km
Abashiri	398.0 km
Kushiro	414.3 km
Kitami	430.6 km
Otofuke	504.4 km
Obihiro	506.5 km
Asahikawa	552.8 km
Korsakov	575.5 km
Takikawa	592.7 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	594.9 km
Bibai	601.0 km
Iwamizawa	611.8 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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