M5.4 earthquake 78 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 78 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan on Sun, Jun 24, 1973, 7:53 PM JST (10:53 UTC), 60 km (37 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.6 70 km S of Shikotan, Russia. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.4	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.5	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.44

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002ca (also filed as iscgem759817). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC.