Earthquake details

Saturday, June 6, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 10:37 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 303.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 148.950 and latitude 44.552.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	42.4 km
Coordinates	44.552, 148.950
UTC time	2009-06-06 10:37:54.130

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-06-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	303.1 km
Abashiri	377.6 km
Kushiro	407.5 km
Kitami	412.3 km
Otofuke	493.6 km
Obihiro	496.5 km
Asahikawa	532.9 km
Korsakov	533.6 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	551.5 km
Takikawa	574.2 km
Wakkanai	580.6 km
Bibai	584.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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