M4.6 earthquake 63 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 63 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan on Fri, Jun 22, 1973, 8:36 PM JST (11:36 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Hokkaido, Japan region. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-06-22 11:36:14 UTC
- Depth
- 69.0 km (42.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.701° N, 145.057° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.754 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19457 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.659 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19457 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.067 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19457 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 67 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 46 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19451 days ago · 50 km deep · 99 km away
- 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 57 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19432 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19429 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19422 days ago · 79 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19417 days ago · 65 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19416 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19415 days ago · 53 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19408 days ago · 55 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 4.1Hokkaido, Japan region · 19458 days ago · 69 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.389 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19459 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.286 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19459 days ago · 66 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.460 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19459 days ago · 61 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.056 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19460 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 5.041 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19460 days ago · 36 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.031 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19460 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.383 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19460 days ago · 41 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.565 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19460 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.632 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.981 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.884 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.665 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.787 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.9106 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 52 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.677 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 43 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.671 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.347 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19461 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.3112 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 19462 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002b1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.