Earthquake details

Thursday, December 1, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:20 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Abashiri (Japan - JP), about 154.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.918 and latitude 44.746.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	149.0 km
Coordinates	44.746, 145.918
UTC time	2011-12-01 11:20:31.450

Location	Kitami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-12-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Abashiri	154.0 km
Nemuro	160.7 km
Kitami	192.7 km
Kushiro	232.8 km
Otofuke	292.7 km
Obihiro	298.2 km
Asahikawa	303.3 km
Korsakov	322.2 km
Wakkanai	341.7 km
Takikawa	346.8 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	348.2 km
Bibai	361.3 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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