Japan earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan on Wed, Feb 7, 1973, 3:00 PM JST (06:00 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 211 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1973-02-07 06:00:15 UTC
Depth
47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
33.217° N, 140.636° 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
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.3211 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19594 days ago · 62 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 4.3208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19589 days ago · 55 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.8189 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19580 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.4198 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19578 days ago · 60 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.1218 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19578 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 4.1206 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19577 days ago · 48 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.2215 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19575 days ago · 60 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 3.9197 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19555 days ago · 48 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 3.7169 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19550 days ago · 73 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 4.2154 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19545 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 4.2214 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19542 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 3.9212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19542 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 3.6226 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19599 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 4.5224 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19599 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.1212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19605 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 4.3232 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19606 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.9217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19608 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 4.2Izu Islands, Japan region · 19610 days ago · 76 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.0178 km SSE of Shimoda, Japan · 19613 days ago · 91 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.2212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19613 days ago · 38 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 4.1231 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19614 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.9159 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19614 days ago · 69 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.7218 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19616 days ago · 60 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 4.0201 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19619 days ago · 58 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.9199 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19620 days ago · 58 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 3.8212 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19622 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.9218 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19623 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 3.9232 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19623 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 4.1162 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19625 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000eb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.