M4.2 earthquake 86 km S of Nemuro, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 86 km S of Nemuro, Japan on Thu, Jun 21, 1973, 2:58 PM JST (05:58 UTC), 66 km (41 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 89 km SE of Nemuro, 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
- 1973-06-21 05:58:33 UTC
- Depth
- 66.0 km (41.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.550° N, 145.530° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.389 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.1Hokkaido, Japan region · 19450 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.575 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 53 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.663 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 69 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.754 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.659 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 31 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.067 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.488 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.478 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 60 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.373 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 65 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.670 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 39 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.262 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 49 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 44 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.1105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 41 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19443 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19441 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19440 days ago · 57 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19438 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 39 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19424 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19421 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19418 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19414 days ago · 79 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19409 days ago · 65 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19408 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19407 days ago · 53 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19400 days ago · 55 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 4.460 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.056 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.041 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 36 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.031 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.383 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.565 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.386 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.387 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 41 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.632 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.981 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.084 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 37 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.185 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.386 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 36 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.884 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 5.391 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.665 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.787 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 34 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.9106 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 52 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.677 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.671 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19453 days ago · 36 km deep · 40 km away
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