Earthquake details

Thursday, September 8, 2016 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 12:13 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 314.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.156 and latitude 44.475.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	43.7 km
Coordinates	44.475, 149.156
UTC time	2016-09-08 12:13:53.580

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2016-09-08

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	314.5 km
Abashiri	392.9 km
Kushiro	419.3 km
Kitami	427.2 km
Otofuke	506.6 km
Obihiro	509.3 km
Asahikawa	548.2 km
Korsakov	552.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	570.0 km
Takikawa	589.2 km
Wakkanai	598.4 km
Bibai	599.0 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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