M6.0 earthquake 152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 152 km ESE of ?hara, Japan on Sun, Nov 29, 1953, 1:07 PM JST (04:07 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 146 km SE of Katsuura, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1953-11-29 04:07:25 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.620° N, 141.873° E
- Region
- Japan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.0146 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 26590 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 6.2119 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 26574 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.6143 km SE of Hasaki, Japan · 26555 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 6.0149 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 26597 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 6.7143 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 26599 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.9146 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 26599 days ago · 30 km deep · 61 km away
- 6.2off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 26599 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.5137 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 26599 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
- 7.9174 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 26599 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem892222. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.