Earthquake details

Tuesday, October 4, 1994 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, October 4, 1994 at 14:40 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 148.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 146.445 and latitude 44.499.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.499, 146.445
UTC time	1994-10-04 14:40:22.490

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1994-10-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	148.3 km
Abashiri	181.4 km
Kitami	218.2 km
Kushiro	237.7 km
Otofuke	310.2 km
Obihiro	314.6 km
Asahikawa	335.9 km
Korsakov	371.7 km
Takikawa	378.2 km
Wakkanai	389.2 km
Bibai	390.3 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	397.1 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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