M4.8 earthquake 189 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 189 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan on Sun, Feb 25, 1973, 6:52 AM JST (21:52 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 193 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-24 21:52:35 UTC
- Depth
- 36.0 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.362° N, 140.502° 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
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4198 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19566 days ago · 60 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.1218 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19566 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.1206 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19566 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.2215 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19563 days ago · 60 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.9197 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19544 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.7169 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19538 days ago · 73 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.2154 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19534 days ago · 43 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.2214 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19530 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.9212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19530 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4190 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19522 days ago · 63 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.2190 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19518 days ago · 54 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.1227 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19518 days ago · 53 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.8195 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19512 days ago · 58 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.9188 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19510 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.0248 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19509 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.0173 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19508 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.7193 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19508 days ago · 65 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.3208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19577 days ago · 55 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.3211 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19583 days ago · 62 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.0208 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19586 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.6226 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19588 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.5224 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19588 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.1212 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19593 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.3232 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan · 19595 days ago · 23 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.9217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 19596 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00000pp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC.