M4.9 earthquake 92 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 92 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan on Thu, Jul 5, 1973, 6:29 AM JST (21:29 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 123 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-07-04 21:29:22 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.538° N, 145.955° 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
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19437 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.463 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19431 days ago · 55 km deep · 84 km away
- 5.3123 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19430 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19424 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.864 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19423 days ago · 66 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19421 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19418 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19414 days ago · 79 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.479 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19413 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.4115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19409 days ago · 65 km deep · 24 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 · 51 km away
- 4.856 km SW of Shikotan, Russia · 19402 days ago · 33 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19400 days ago · 55 km deep · 56 km away
Before
- 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19440 days ago · 57 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19441 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19443 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.074 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19445 days ago · 45 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 46 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.1105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.158 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19445 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19445 days ago · 44 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.488 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19445 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.5105 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19445 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
- 6.670 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19446 days ago · 46 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.382 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19446 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.262 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.072 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 67 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.568 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 33 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.288 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19447 days ago · 64 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.670 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 39 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002j3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC.