M5.1 earthquake 69 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 69 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia on Tue, Dec 4, 1973, 10:26 AM JST (01:26 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 38 km E of Shikotan, Russia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-12-04 01:26:03 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.194° N, 146.949° E
- Region
- Russia
- 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.061 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19283 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.238 km E of Shikotan, Russia · 19241 days ago · 77 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan · 19232 days ago · 62 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.767 km E of Shikotan, Russia · 19287 days ago · 33 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.088 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 19287 days ago · 107 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.672 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19287 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.972 km S of Shikotan, Russia · 19287 days ago · 40 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.979 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia · 19287 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.4Kuril Islands · 19288 days ago · 36 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.584 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 19291 days ago · 63 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.769 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19292 days ago · 57 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.086 km SE of Shikotan, Russia · 19302 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.599 km E of Shikotan, Russia · 19313 days ago · 104 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.8104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 19314 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00004e1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.