Earthquake details

Saturday, January 20, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 05:51 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Nemuro (Japan - JP), about 323.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 149.200 and latitude 44.593.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	45.2 km
Coordinates	44.593, 149.200
UTC time	2018-01-20 05:51:32.790

Location	Abashiri
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-01-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Nemuro	323.0 km
Abashiri	397.8 km
Kushiro	427.5 km
Kitami	432.7 km
Otofuke	513.8 km
Obihiro	516.7 km
Korsakov	549.1 km
Asahikawa	553.1 km
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	566.3 km
Takikawa	594.5 km
Wakkanai	599.1 km
Bibai	604.7 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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