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M5.1 earthquake 105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan on Wed, Jun 27, 1973, 10:02 AM JST (01:02 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.0 45 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1973-06-27 01:02:59 UTC
Depth
41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.760° N, 146.615° 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.

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Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 46 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 5.074 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19456 days ago · 45 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19454 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 4.660 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19454 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19452 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.071 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19449 days ago · 36 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 5.050 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19445 days ago · 61 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.026 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19443 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.463 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19442 days ago · 55 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 5.3123 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19441 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 4.441 km SW of Shikotan, Russia · 19439 days ago · 33 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 5.449 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19438 days ago · 43 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19436 days ago · 33 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 4.232 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19434 days ago · 68 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 4.864 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19434 days ago · 66 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 4.763 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19434 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19433 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19429 days ago · 58 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 4.927 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19426 days ago · 62 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19425 days ago · 79 km deep · 91 km away
  26. 5.479 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19424 days ago · 52 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19420 days ago · 65 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19419 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 4.153 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan · 19419 days ago · 68 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 4.6114 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 19419 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
  31. 4.2145 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19419 days ago · 56 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19418 days ago · 53 km deep · 94 km away
  33. 6.045 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19413 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 4.856 km SW of Shikotan, Russia · 19413 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 4.851 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19412 days ago · 59 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19411 days ago · 55 km deep · 100 km away
  37. 5.031 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19397 days ago · 39 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 4.158 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19457 days ago · 26 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19457 days ago · 44 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 5.488 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19457 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 5.5105 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19457 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 6.670 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19457 days ago · 50 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 5.892 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19457 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19457 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 5.382 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19457 days ago · 57 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 4.262 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19458 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19458 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 4.568 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19458 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 4.360 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19458 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 4.288 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19458 days ago · 64 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 4.670 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19458 days ago · 39 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 4.373 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19458 days ago · 65 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.387 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19458 days ago · 67 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 5.156 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19459 days ago · 51 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 5.283 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19459 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 4.969 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19459 days ago · 40 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 5.478 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19459 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away

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