M4.5 earthquake 224 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 224 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan on Mon, Feb 5, 1973, 3:59 PM JST (06:59 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 211 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-05 06:59:40 UTC
- Depth
- 28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.213° N, 141.054° 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.6226 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19587 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.3244 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 19587 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.0208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19585 days ago · 47 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.3211 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19582 days ago · 62 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.3208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19577 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.8189 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19568 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.4198 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19566 days ago · 60 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.1218 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19566 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.1206 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19565 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2215 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19563 days ago · 60 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.9197 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19543 days ago · 48 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.7169 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19538 days ago · 73 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.3229 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 19536 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.2154 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19533 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.2214 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19530 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.9212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19529 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 4.1212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19593 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.3232 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19594 days ago · 23 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.9217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19596 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 19598 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.2212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19601 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.1231 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19602 days ago · 49 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9159 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19602 days ago · 69 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.7218 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19604 days ago · 60 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.0201 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19606 days ago · 58 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.9199 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19608 days ago · 58 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.8212 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19610 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.9218 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19610 days ago · 40 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.9232 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19611 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.1162 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19613 days ago · 103 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.7217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19617 days ago · 61 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.5213 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19617 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.2188 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19617 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
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