Earthquake details

Friday, May 2, 2003 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Friday, May 2, 2003 at 09:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 313.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.149 and latitude 44.453.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	37.0 km
Coordinates	44.453, 149.149
UTC time	2003-05-02 09:26:22.410

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2003-05-02

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	313.0 km
Abashiri	392.0 km
Kushiro	417.8 km
Kitami	426.2 km
Otofuke	505.3 km
Obihiro	508.0 km
Asahikawa	547.4 km
Korsakov	552.7 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	570.8 km
Takikawa	588.3 km
Bibai	598.0 km
Wakkanai	598.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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