Earthquake details

Saturday, December 2, 1995 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, December 2, 1995 at 17:13 UTC with a magnitude of 6.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 321.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.237 and latitude 44.505.

Magnitude	6.6
Alert	Severe
Depth	18.1 km
Coordinates	44.505, 149.237
UTC time	1995-12-02 17:13:18.630

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1995-12-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	321.7 km
Abashiri	399.6 km
Kushiro	426.4 km
Kitami	434.0 km
Otofuke	513.7 km
Obihiro	516.4 km
Asahikawa	554.9 km
Korsakov	556.2 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	573.8 km
Takikawa	596.0 km
Wakkanai	604.0 km
Bibai	605.9 km

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