Earthquake details

Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 at 17:02 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 304.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.976 and latitude 44.549.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.6 km
Coordinates	44.549, 148.976
UTC time	2004-01-27 17:02:45.780

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2004-01-27

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	304.8 km
Abashiri	379.6 km
Kushiro	409.2 km
Kitami	414.3 km
Otofuke	495.5 km
Obihiro	498.4 km
Asahikawa	534.9 km
Korsakov	535.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	553.5 km
Takikawa	576.2 km
Wakkanai	582.7 km
Bibai	586.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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