M5.2 earthquake 47 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 47 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan on Mon, Jul 2, 1973, 2:51 PM JST (05:51 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-07-02 05:51:30 UTC
- Depth
- 57.0 km (35.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.914° N, 145.404° 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
- 82
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 99 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19438 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 39 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.050 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19434 days ago · 61 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.463 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19431 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19425 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.864 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19423 days ago · 66 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19422 days ago · 33 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19418 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19414 days ago · 79 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19409 days ago · 65 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19408 days ago · 45 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.153 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan · 19408 days ago · 68 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19407 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.856 km SW of Shikotan, Russia · 19402 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.851 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19401 days ago · 59 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19400 days ago · 55 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19441 days ago · 33 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19443 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.944 km NE of Nemuro, Japan · 19443 days ago · 58 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away
- 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 46 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
- 6.670 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.431 km SSW of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Russia · 19446 days ago · 43 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 46 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.382 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.262 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 49 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.568 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.670 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.373 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 65 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.969 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.478 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 60 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.488 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 54 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.157 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002gh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC.