Earthquake details

Sunday, December 23, 1984 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, December 23, 1984 at 08:21 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 313.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.262 and latitude 44.233.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.233, 149.262
UTC time	1984-12-23 08:21:12.420

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1984-12-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	313.1 km
Abashiri	399.5 km
Kushiro	418.0 km
Kitami	432.5 km
Otofuke	507.6 km
Obihiro	509.9 km
Asahikawa	554.5 km
Korsakov	572.5 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	591.5 km
Takikawa	594.7 km
Bibai	603.4 km
Wakkanai	613.0 km

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