Japan earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 63 km E of Nemuro, Japan

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 63 km E of Nemuro, Japan on Wed, Jul 11, 1973, 2:16 PM JST (05:16 UTC), 55 km (34 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
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1973-07-11 05:16:34 UTC
Depth
55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.241° N, 146.346° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3123 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19440 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 5.040 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia · 19439 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 4.441 km SW of Shikotan, Russia · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 5.449 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19437 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 4.377 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19435 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 4.232 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19433 days ago · 68 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 4.864 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19433 days ago · 66 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 4.763 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19433 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 4.457 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19432 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19428 days ago · 58 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 4.927 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19425 days ago · 62 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.825 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19424 days ago · 79 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 5.479 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19423 days ago · 52 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19418 days ago · 45 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 4.153 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan · 19418 days ago · 68 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19417 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 6.045 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19412 days ago · 55 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.856 km SW of Shikotan, Russia · 19412 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 4.851 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19411 days ago · 59 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 4.457 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19410 days ago · 55 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 5.031 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19396 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 4.026 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19442 days ago · 44 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 5.050 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19444 days ago · 61 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 39 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.278 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19447 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 19448 days ago · 36 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 4.071 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 4.213 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19449 days ago · 48 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 19450 days ago · 57 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 19451 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 4.660 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19453 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 19453 days ago · 50 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 4.944 km NE of Nemuro, Japan · 19454 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 19455 days ago · 38 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 5.074 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19455 days ago · 45 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 46 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 5.1105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 4.158 km SSW of Shikotan, Russia · 19456 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19456 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 5.488 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19456 days ago · 44 km deep · 36 km away

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