Earthquake details

Sunday, April 7, 1996 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, April 7, 1996 at 06:09 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 304.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.113 and latitude 44.299.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	44.299, 149.113
UTC time	1996-04-07 06:09:09.930

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1996-04-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	304.2 km
Abashiri	388.0 km
Kushiro	409.1 km
Kitami	421.4 km
Otofuke	497.9 km
Obihiro	500.3 km
Asahikawa	543.1 km
Korsakov	558.5 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	577.5 km
Takikawa	583.5 km
Bibai	592.5 km
Wakkanai	599.7 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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