Earthquake details

Sunday, April 7, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, April 7, 1996 at 00:07 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 311.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.204 and latitude 44.318.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.318, 149.204
UTC time	1996-04-07 00:07:24.970

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1996-04-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	311.7 km
Abashiri	395.3 km
Kushiro	416.7 km
Kitami	428.8 km
Otofuke	505.4 km
Obihiro	507.9 km
Asahikawa	550.5 km
Korsakov	563.8 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	582.4 km
Takikawa	591.0 km
Bibai	600.0 km
Wakkanai	606.2 km

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