M4.2 earthquake 127 km ENE of Misawa, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 127 km ENE of Misawa, Japan on Thu, Apr 26, 1973, 11:01 AM JST (02:01 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 87 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-04-26 02:01:04 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.170° N, 142.766° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.874 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19513 days ago · 50 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.549 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19512 days ago · 69 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.8100 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 19510 days ago · 48 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.687 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19466 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.5179 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19463 days ago · 34 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.9171 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 19517 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.474 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 19530 days ago · 73 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2124 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19537 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.8135 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19543 days ago · 54 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.1153 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 19543 days ago · 43 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.0143 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19543 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.3116 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19543 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.0135 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19543 days ago · 41 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00001k2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:18 PM UTC.