Japan earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 41 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 41 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan on Wed, Jun 20, 1973, 6:20 PM JST (09:20 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 75 km SE of Nemuro, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time
UTC
1973-06-20 09:20:34 UTC
Depth
36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.127° N, 146.004° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
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Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.056 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 4.460 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 61 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.286 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 66 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.389 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 4.134 km NE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 5.575 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 53 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.663 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 69 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 4.754 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 4.659 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.067 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 60 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 7.158 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 5.866 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 55 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 5.555 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 47 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 5.162 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 5.092 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 4.277 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 65 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 5.076 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 62 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 5.875 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 4.873 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 42 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 4.157 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 4.488 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 54 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 4.365 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19448 days ago · 59 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 4.355 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19448 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 5.478 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 60 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 4.969 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 40 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 5.283 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19448 days ago · 36 km deep · 77 km away
  27. 5.156 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19448 days ago · 51 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 4.387 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19448 days ago · 67 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 4.373 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 65 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 4.670 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 39 km deep · 32 km away
  31. 4.288 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19447 days ago · 64 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 4.360 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19447 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 4.568 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 4.262 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 49 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 5.382 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 57 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 46 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 5.892 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 39 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 4.431 km SSW of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Russia · 19446 days ago · 43 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 6.670 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 50 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 5.5105 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 5.488 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 4.158 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 26 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 5.1105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 5.074 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 4.944 km NE of Nemuro, Japan · 19444 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19444 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
  52. 4.660 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19443 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19442 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19441 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 4.213 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19440 days ago · 48 km deep · 82 km away
  56. 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19438 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19438 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 5.050 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19434 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 4.026 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19432 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 4.031 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 4.383 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 41 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 4.565 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 5.386 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 45 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 5.387 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 41 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.632 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.981 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 5.084 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 5.185 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 5.386 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 4.884 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 5.391 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 4.665 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 4.787 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 4.9106 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 52 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 5.677 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 5.299 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19454 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.671 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 36 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 4.347 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 5.190 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 34 km deep · 52 km away

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