Earthquake details

Sunday, January 14, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, January 14, 1996 at 06:28 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 310.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.024 and latitude 44.594.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	63.7 km
Coordinates	44.594, 149.024
UTC time	1996-01-14 06:28:24.390

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1996-01-14

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	310.4 km
Abashiri	384.0 km
Kushiro	414.8 km
Kitami	418.9 km
Otofuke	500.7 km
Obihiro	503.6 km
Korsakov	536.6 km
Asahikawa	539.3 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	554.2 km
Takikawa	580.7 km
Wakkanai	585.4 km
Bibai	591.1 km

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