M5.9 earthquake 2 km ENE of Narut?, Japan
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Narut?, Japan on Sun, Sep 30, 1973, 3:17 PM JST (06:17 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-09-30 06:17:52 UTC
- Depth
- 62.0 km (38.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.606° N, 140.447° E
- Region
- Japan
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 7.7% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.6 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
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
- 144
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.62 km NNE of Y?kaichiba, Japan · 19356 days ago · 56 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.01 km SW of Asahi, Japan · 19356 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.16 km ESE of Asahi, Japan · 19352 days ago · 59 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.715 km SSE of Asahi, Japan · 19336 days ago · 60 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.013 km SSW of Hasaki, Japan · 19336 days ago · 53 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.915 km SSE of Asahi, Japan · 19329 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003m8 (also filed as atlas19730930061753, iscgem756828). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.