M4.8 earthquake 4 km NE of Ishige, Japan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Ishige, Japan on Fri, Jun 8, 1973, 7:24 PM JST (10:24 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 4 km ESE of Funaishikawa, 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-06-08 10:24:48 UTC
- Depth
- 80.0 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.148° N, 140.003° 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.
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.71 km ENE of Shiroi, Japan · 19463 days ago · 77 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.62 km N of Fujishiro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 76 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.24 km ESE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 19452 days ago · 65 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.26 km SW of Oyama, Japan · 19438 days ago · 69 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.24 km ENE of Iwai, Japan · 19436 days ago · 63 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.834 km ENE of ?arai, Japan · 19422 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.85 km ENE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 19420 days ago · 62 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.36 km N of Ashikaga, Japan · 19416 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.67 km WNW of Tsukuba, Japan · 19415 days ago · 81 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.68 km ENE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 19411 days ago · 61 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000231. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.