M4.6 earthquake 70 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan

Magnitude

4.6 (mb), light

Local time

Mon, Jun 25, 1973, 5:19 PM JST

UTC

1973-06-25 08:19:33 UTC

Depth

39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

43.109° N, 146.397° E

Region

Japan

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES

Stations used

27

• Nemuro, JapanPopulation 31,223. Forecast71 kmESE
• Kushiro, JapanPopulation 167,875. Forecast165 kmE
• Sapporo, JapanPopulation 1,973,832. Forecast410 kmE

After

1. 4.288 km S of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Jun 25, 7:32 PM JST · 19447 days ago · 64 km deep · 41 km away
2. 4.360 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Jun 26, 1:12 AM JST · 19447 days ago · 40 km deep · 42 km away
3. 4.568 km E of Nemuro, JapanTue, Jun 26, 4:06 AM JST · 19447 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
4. 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, JapanTue, Jun 26, 6:16 AM JST · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
5. 4.262 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanTue, Jun 26, 7:13 AM JST · 19447 days ago · 49 km deep · 18 km away
6. 5.382 km S of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Jun 26, 8:39 PM JST · 19446 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
7. 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, JapanTue, Jun 26, 9:18 PM JST · 19446 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
8. 5.892 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 3:02 AM JST · 19446 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
9. 4.431 km SSW of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 3:16 AM JST · 19446 days ago · 43 km deep · 92 km away
10. 6.670 km S of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 7:32 AM JST · 19446 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
11. 5.5105 km S of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 7:41 AM JST · 19446 days ago · 41 km deep · 40 km away
12. 5.488 km S of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 7:45 AM JST · 19446 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
13. 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, JapanWed, Jun 27, 7:57 AM JST · 19446 days ago · 44 km deep · 40 km away
14. 4.158 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 8:51 AM JST · 19445 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
15. 5.1105 km SE of Nemuro, JapanWed, Jun 27, 10:02 AM JST · 19445 days ago · 41 km deep · 43 km away
16. 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanWed, Jun 27, 10:41 AM JST · 19445 days ago · 46 km deep · 9 km away
17. 5.074 km S of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jun 27, 12:15 PM JST · 19445 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
18. 5.287 km S of Nemuro, JapanWed, Jun 27, 12:42 PM JST · 19445 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
19. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, JapanThu, Jun 28, 5:22 AM JST · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
20. 4.944 km NE of Nemuro, JapanFri, Jun 29, 10:27 AM JST · 19443 days ago · 58 km deep · 63 km away
21. 5.9Hokkaido, Japan regionFri, Jun 29, 12:26 PM JST · 19443 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
22. 4.660 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Jun 30, 1:39 AM JST · 19443 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
23. 4.529 km E of Nemuro, JapanSun, Jul 1, 3:01 PM JST · 19441 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
24. 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, JapanMon, Jul 2, 2:51 PM JST · 19440 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away
25. 4.213 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaTue, Jul 3, 11:54 AM JST · 19439 days ago · 48 km deep · 68 km away
26. 4.071 km SE of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jul 4, 10:44 AM JST · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
27. 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, JapanThu, Jul 5, 6:29 AM JST · 19438 days ago · 36 km deep · 73 km away
28. 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, JapanThu, Jul 5, 1:37 PM JST · 19437 days ago · 41 km deep · 55 km away
29. 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanThu, Jul 5, 9:21 PM JST · 19437 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
30. 5.050 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jul 8, 6:59 PM JST · 19434 days ago · 61 km deep · 34 km away
31. 4.026 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaWed, Jul 11, 2:43 AM JST · 19432 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
32. 4.463 km E of Nemuro, JapanWed, Jul 11, 2:16 PM JST · 19431 days ago · 55 km deep · 15 km away
33. 5.3123 km SE of Nemuro, JapanThu, Jul 12, 4:56 PM JST · 19430 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
34. 5.040 km ESE of Shikotan, RussiaFri, Jul 13, 10:39 PM JST · 19429 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
35. 4.441 km SW of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Jul 14, 7:07 PM JST · 19428 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
36. 5.449 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jul 15, 11:06 PM JST · 19427 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
37. 4.377 km S of Nemuro, JapanWed, Jul 18, 9:02 AM JST · 19424 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
38. 4.232 km S of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Jul 19, 11:21 AM JST · 19423 days ago · 68 km deep · 54 km away
39. 4.864 km E of Nemuro, JapanThu, Jul 19, 1:06 PM JST · 19423 days ago · 66 km deep · 13 km away
40. 4.763 km S of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Jul 19, 10:15 PM JST · 19423 days ago · 50 km deep · 38 km away
41. 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanSat, Jul 21, 8:42 AM JST · 19421 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
42. 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanTue, Jul 24, 11:50 PM JST · 19418 days ago · 58 km deep · 8 km away
43. 4.927 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Jul 28, 4:20 AM JST · 19415 days ago · 62 km deep · 58 km away
44. 3.825 km S of Nemuro, JapanSat, Jul 28, 1:20 PM JST · 19414 days ago · 79 km deep · 65 km away
45. 5.479 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jul 29, 11:51 PM JST · 19413 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
46. 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, JapanThu, Aug 2, 3:51 PM JST · 19409 days ago · 65 km deep · 87 km away
47. 5.092 km S of Nemuro, JapanFri, Aug 3, 3:26 PM JST · 19408 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
48. 4.153 km ENE of Nemuro, JapanFri, Aug 3, 10:42 PM JST · 19408 days ago · 68 km deep · 42 km away
49. 4.954 km S of Nemuro, JapanSat, Aug 4, 3:07 PM JST · 19407 days ago · 53 km deep · 81 km away
50. 6.045 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 9, 7:44 PM JST · 19402 days ago · 55 km deep · 38 km away
51. 4.856 km SW of Shikotan, RussiaThu, Aug 9, 7:54 PM JST · 19402 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
52. 4.851 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaSat, Aug 11, 12:44 AM JST · 19401 days ago · 59 km deep · 30 km away
53. 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, JapanSat, Aug 11, 11:04 PM JST · 19400 days ago · 55 km deep · 88 km away

Before

1. 4.373 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanMon, Jun 25, 9:37 AM JST · 19447 days ago · 65 km deep · 7 km away
2. 4.387 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Jun 25, 9:23 AM JST · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away
3. 5.156 km S of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Jun 25, 5:00 AM JST · 19448 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away
4. 5.283 km SSE of Shikotan, RussiaMon, Jun 25, 3:41 AM JST · 19448 days ago · 36 km deep · 45 km away
5. 4.969 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanMon, Jun 25, 2:49 AM JST · 19448 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
6. 5.478 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanSun, Jun 24, 7:53 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away
7. 4.355 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 7:40 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
8. 4.365 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 7:28 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
9. 4.488 km ESE of Nemuro, JapanSun, Jun 24, 6:49 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 54 km deep · 21 km away
10. 4.157 km E of Nemuro, JapanSun, Jun 24, 6:12 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
11. 4.873 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 4:08 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
12. 5.875 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 2:07 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 44 km deep · 14 km away
13. 5.076 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 1:43 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 62 km deep · 28 km away
14. 4.277 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 12:54 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 65 km deep · 15 km away
15. 5.092 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 12:47 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
16. 5.162 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 12:40 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
17. 5.555 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 12:28 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 47 km deep · 40 km away
18. 5.866 km S of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 12:04 PM JST · 19448 days ago · 55 km deep · 33 km away
19. 7.158 km SSW of Shikotan, RussiaSun, Jun 24, 11:43 AM JST · 19448 days ago · 50 km deep · 24 km away
20. 4.067 km SE of Nemuro, JapanSat, Jun 23, 9:04 PM JST · 19449 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002d0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC.