Earthquake details

Saturday, December 2, 1995 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, December 2, 1995 at 23:02 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 320.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.242 and latitude 44.455.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.455, 149.242
UTC time	1995-12-02 23:02:09.530

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1995-12-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	320.0 km
Abashiri	399.4 km
Kushiro	424.8 km
Kitami	433.6 km
Otofuke	512.5 km
Obihiro	515.1 km
Asahikawa	554.7 km
Korsakov	559.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	577.0 km
Takikawa	595.7 km
Bibai	605.3 km
Wakkanai	605.6 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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