M4.9 earthquake 25 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 25 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan on Sat, Jun 16, 1973, 10:36 AM JST (01:36 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 45 km S of Nemuro, 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-06-16 01:36:51 UTC
- Depth
- 70.0 km (43.5 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 42.858° N, 144.640° 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
- 49
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.136 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.343 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.322 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.545 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 41 km deep · 76 km away
- 5.632 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.951 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.313 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.240 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.940 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 50 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.139 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.352 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.3112 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.665 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.565 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.056 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.286 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 66 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.1Hokkaido, Japan region · 19451 days ago · 69 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.663 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.754 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 38 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19440 days ago · 57 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19425 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19415 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19408 days ago · 45 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19407 days ago · 53 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19400 days ago · 55 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000026c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.