Earthquake details

Sunday, November 4, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Japan on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 19:26 UTC with a magnitude of 5.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Abashiri (Japan - JP), about 125.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 145.655 and latitude 44.548.

Magnitude	5.9
Alert	Strong
Depth	9.0 km
Coordinates	44.548, 145.655
UTC time	2018-11-04 19:26:03.380

Location	Kitami
Country	Japan (JP)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-11-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Abashiri	125.0 km
Nemuro	136.4 km
Kitami	163.4 km
Kushiro	203.1 km
Otofuke	262.6 km
Obihiro	267.9 km
Asahikawa	276.6 km
Takikawa	319.7 km
Korsakov	322.8 km
Wakkanai	327.8 km
Bibai	333.4 km
Iwamizawa	346.7 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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