Earthquake details

Tuesday, June 21, 1988 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, June 21, 1988 at 21:38 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 299.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.864 and latitude 44.593.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	49.1 km
Coordinates	44.593, 148.864
UTC time	1988-06-21 21:38:54.200

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1988-06-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	299.0 km
Abashiri	371.4 km
Kushiro	403.2 km
Kitami	406.5 km
Otofuke	488.6 km
Obihiro	491.7 km
Korsakov	525.4 km
Asahikawa	526.7 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	543.3 km
Takikawa	568.2 km
Wakkanai	573.0 km
Bibai	578.6 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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