M5.5 earthquake 74 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 74 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan on Sun, Mar 11, 1973, 10:37 PM JST (13:37 UTC), 73 km (45 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-03-11 13:37:47 UTC
- Depth
- 73.0 km (45.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 41.589° N, 142.012° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 110
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.3116 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19535 days ago · 38 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.2124 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 19529 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.474 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 19521 days ago · 73 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.33 km WSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19514 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.2127 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 19507 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.874 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19504 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.549 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 19504 days ago · 69 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.8100 km ENE of Misawa, Japan · 19502 days ago · 48 km deep · 60 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000x3 (also filed as iscgem762731). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.