Japan earthquakes

M5.3 earthquake 112 km SE of Kushiro, Japan

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 112 km SE of Kushiro, Japan on Tue, Jun 19, 1973, 3:24 AM JST (18:24 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 77 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.3 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1973-06-18 18:24:19 UTC
Depth
29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.308° N, 145.411° E
Region
Japan
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
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Stations used
87

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.190 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 4.347 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 4.671 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 5.677 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.9106 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 4.787 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 34 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.665 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 4.884 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 4.981 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 5.387 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 5.386 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 45 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 4.565 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 4.383 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 4.056 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 4.460 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 61 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 4.286 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 66 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 4.389 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 39 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 4.1Hokkaido, Japan region · 19450 days ago · 69 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 4.663 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 69 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 4.754 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 4.067 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 60 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19440 days ago · 57 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19438 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  27. 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19425 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19414 days ago · 79 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19409 days ago · 65 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19408 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19407 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19400 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 5.897 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 4.879 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 4.352 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 4.139 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 55 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 5.7103 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 4.661 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 4.572 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 5.297 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 4.940 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 50 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 5.240 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 4.850 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 5.061 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 6.078 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 50 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 5.694 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 4.951 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 34 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 5.632 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 46 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 4.986 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 5.5105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 36 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 5.545 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.322 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away

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