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Japan earthquakes in 1973

272 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Japan in 1973. The largest: M7.7 19 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan, Jun 17, 1973.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Every quake of 1973

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  2. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  3. 5.3Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  4. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 46 km deep
  5. 5.6196 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 63 km deep
  6. 4.7115 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 35 km deep
  7. 4.6205 km N of Tottori, Japan · 395 km deep
  8. 4.98 km ENE of Kamogawa, Japan · 70 km deep
  9. 4.8119 km S of Tateyama, Japan · 126 km deep
  10. 4.6231 km SSE of Kushiro, Japan · 48 km deep
  11. 4.939 km NE of Naze, Japan · 208 km deep
  12. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 53 km deep
  13. 4.9193 km SSE of Hirara, Japan · 67 km deep
  14. 5.0Izu Islands, Japan region · 19 km deep
  15. 4.8Izu Islands, Japan region · 18 km deep
  16. 4.85 km SE of ?tsuchi, Japan · 62 km deep
  17. 4.5198 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 58 km deep
  18. 5.061 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 58 km deep
  19. 4.766 km NE of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  20. 4.6152 km W of Naze, Japan · 152 km deep
  21. 4.8100 km S of Naze, Japan · 65 km deep
  22. 5.4Kuril Islands · 36 km deep
  23. 4.853 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 56 km deep
  24. 4.6176 km WNW of Noshiro, Japan · 274 km deep
  25. 4.834 km SSW of Ry?tsu-minato, Japan · 216 km deep
  26. 4.769 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 57 km deep
  27. 4.675 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 73 km deep
  28. 5.79 km N of Tanabe, Japan · 56 km deep
  29. 5.712 km NE of Tanabe, Japan · 51 km deep
  30. 5.3Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  31. 4.543 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 77 km deep
  32. 5.126 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 60 km deep
  33. 6.124 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 56 km deep
  34. 4.683 km WSW of Ushibukamachi, Japan · 45 km deep
  35. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  36. 5.562 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 78 km deep
  37. 4.626 km ENE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 52 km deep
  38. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 349 km deep
  39. 4.675 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 66 km deep
  40. 4.722 km WNW of Nemuro, Japan · 76 km deep
  41. 4.9220 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 67 km deep
  42. 4.8104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 63 km deep
  43. 5.160 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 54 km deep
  44. 4.915 km SSE of Asahi, Japan · 57 km deep
  45. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 43 km deep
  46. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 42 km deep
  47. 4.715 km SSE of Asahi, Japan · 60 km deep
  48. 4.7136 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 38 km deep
  49. 4.565 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 54 km deep
  50. 5.189 km E of Nishinoomote, Japan · 12 km deep
  51. 4.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 71 km deep
  52. 4.8110 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 40 km deep
  53. 4.6114 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 52 km deep
  54. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  55. 4.891 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  56. 4.5Bonin Islands, Japan region · 21 km deep
  57. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 35 km deep
  58. 5.2138 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 27 km deep
  59. 4.797 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 50 km deep
  60. 5.052 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 52 km deep
  61. 5.62 km NNE of Y?kaichiba, Japan · 56 km deep
  62. 5.92 km ENE of Narut?, Japan · 62 km deep
  63. 4.5296 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 54 km deep
  64. 4.661 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 61 km deep
  65. 4.7150 km SSE of Toba, Japan · 352 km deep
  66. 5.115 km NW of Yamazakich?-nakabirose, Japan · 23 km deep
  67. 5.0216 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 60 km deep
  68. 4.750 km ESE of Koseda, Japan · 30 km deep
  69. 4.641 km W of Kushiro, Japan · 132 km deep
  70. 5.3101 km SSW of Yudomari, Japan · 34 km deep
  71. 5.8122 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 141 km deep
  72. 4.6130 km E of Yamada, Japan · 30 km deep
  73. 5.0112 km E of Yamada, Japan · 28 km deep
  74. 5.9102 km E of Yamada, Japan · 23 km deep
  75. 4.6139 km E of Miyako, Japan · 23 km deep
  76. 4.747 km ESE of Shimoda, Japan · 9 km deep
  77. 4.5116 km E of Yamada, Japan · 18 km deep
  78. 4.7106 km E of Yamada, Japan · 33 km deep
  79. 5.899 km E of Yamada, Japan · 41 km deep
  80. 5.664 km NW of Noshiro, Japan · 191 km deep
  81. 4.518 km SSW of Obihiro, Japan · 140 km deep
  82. 4.84 km ESE of Dazaifu, Japan · 18 km deep
  83. 4.9Izu Islands, Japan region · 39 km deep
  84. 5.1Volcano Islands, Japan region · 115 km deep
  85. 5.6176 km ESE of Katsuren-haebaru, Japan · 33 km deep
  86. 5.7104 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 34 km deep
  87. 5.111 km WSW of Kanuma, Japan · 115 km deep
  88. 4.7Bonin Islands, Japan region · 171 km deep
  89. 4.6143 km N of Toyooka, Japan · 383 km deep
  90. 5.236 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 71 km deep
  91. 5.4127 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 28 km deep
  92. 4.922 km S of Yatsuomachi-higashikumisaka, Japan · 274 km deep
  93. 4.590 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 47 km deep
  94. 5.0160 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 55 km deep
  95. 4.6192 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 31 km deep
  96. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 51 km deep
  97. 4.6213 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 67 km deep
  98. 4.954 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 53 km deep
  99. 5.092 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 45 km deep
  100. 4.566 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 48 km deep
  101. 4.68 km ENE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 61 km deep
  102. 4.836 km E of Miyazaki, Japan · 41 km deep
  103. 5.3off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 37 km deep
  104. 4.5147 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 38 km deep
  105. 4.67 km WNW of Tsukuba, Japan · 81 km deep
  106. 4.763 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 58 km deep
  107. 4.6114 km SSE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 34 km deep
  108. 5.834 km ENE of ?arai, Japan · 46 km deep
  109. 4.864 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 66 km deep
  110. 5.3123 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 21 km deep
  111. 5.1Izu Islands, Japan region · 45 km deep
  112. 5.2131 km E of Namie, Japan · 45 km deep
  113. 5.179 km NE of Miyako, Japan · 51 km deep
  114. 4.588 km NW of Nago, Japan · 47 km deep
  115. 4.582 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 39 km deep
  116. 4.992 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 36 km deep
  117. 5.025 km SSW of Makurazaki, Japan · 139 km deep
  118. 5.247 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 57 km deep
  119. 4.529 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  120. 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 50 km deep
  121. 4.944 km NE of Nemuro, Japan · 58 km deep
  122. 5.2126 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 41 km deep
  123. 4.773 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  124. 5.287 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 38 km deep
  125. 5.479 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 46 km deep
  126. 5.1105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 41 km deep
  127. 5.3104 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 44 km deep
  128. 5.343 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 46 km deep
  129. 4.568 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  130. 4.670 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 39 km deep
  131. 4.969 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 40 km deep
  132. 4.564 km NNE of Miyako, Japan · 55 km deep
  133. 5.478 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 60 km deep
  134. 4.659 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 31 km deep
  135. 4.754 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 38 km deep
  136. 4.663 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 69 km deep
  137. 5.575 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 53 km deep
  138. 4.5southeast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 23 km deep
  139. 4.7off the east coast of Honshu, Japan · 35 km deep
  140. 5.041 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 36 km deep
  141. 4.565 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  142. 5.24 km ESE of Funaishikawa, Japan · 65 km deep
  143. 5.386 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 45 km deep
  144. 5.387 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 41 km deep
  145. 4.632 km E of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  146. 4.981 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  147. 5.084 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 37 km deep
  148. 5.185 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 42 km deep
  149. 5.386 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 36 km deep
  150. 4.884 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  151. 5.391 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 42 km deep
  152. 4.665 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  153. 4.787 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 34 km deep
  154. 4.9106 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 52 km deep
  155. 5.677 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 43 km deep
  156. 4.671 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 36 km deep
  157. 5.190 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 34 km deep
  158. 5.3112 km SE of Kushiro, Japan · 29 km deep
  159. 5.897 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 29 km deep
  160. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 48 km deep
  161. 4.879 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 35 km deep
  162. 5.7103 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 38 km deep
  163. 4.661 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 37 km deep
  164. 4.572 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  165. 4.776 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 37 km deep
  166. 5.297 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 30 km deep
  167. 4.5179 km SE of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 34 km deep
  168. 4.563 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  169. 4.940 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 50 km deep
  170. 5.240 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 50 km deep
  171. 4.850 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  172. 5.061 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 47 km deep
  173. 6.078 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 50 km deep
  174. 5.694 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 32 km deep
  175. 5.783 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 45 km deep
  176. 4.951 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 34 km deep
  177. 5.632 km SSW of Nemuro, Japan · 46 km deep
  178. 4.986 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  179. 5.5105 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 36 km deep
  180. 5.545 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 41 km deep
  181. 4.559 km SW of Itoman, Japan · 33 km deep
  182. 4.6110 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 41 km deep
  183. 4.681 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  184. 5.285 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 37 km deep
  185. 4.624 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  186. 5.277 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 41 km deep
  187. 4.566 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  188. 5.153 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 44 km deep
  189. 5.485 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 44 km deep
  190. 4.850 km ENE of Nemuro, Japan · 29 km deep
  191. 5.4101 km S of Nemuro, Japan · 35 km deep
  192. 5.976 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  193. 7.719 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 48 km deep
  194. 4.62 km N of Fujishiro, Japan · 76 km deep
  195. 4.925 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan · 70 km deep
  196. 4.840 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 54 km deep
  197. 4.687 km S of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 45 km deep
  198. 4.6118 km E of Miyako, Japan · 32 km deep
  199. 4.8121 km WSW of Kamiiso, Japan · 199 km deep
  200. 4.71 km ENE of Shiroi, Japan · 77 km deep
  201. 4.84 km NE of Ishige, Japan · 80 km deep
  202. 4.7Izu Islands, Japan region · 62 km deep
  203. 4.782 km E of Ishinomaki, Japan · 44 km deep
  204. 4.8Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  205. 5.048 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 56 km deep
  206. 4.6102 km S of Naze, Japan · 33 km deep
  207. 5.5217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 62 km deep
  208. 4.881 km ENE of Namie, Japan · 50 km deep
  209. 4.941 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawach?, Japan · 90 km deep
  210. 5.19 km NW of Shimokizukuri, Japan · 17 km deep
  211. 4.86 km SSW of Tsukuba, Japan · 80 km deep
  212. 5.440 km ENE of Iwaki, Japan · 41 km deep
  213. 4.875 km ENE of Kashima-shi, Japan · 51 km deep
  214. 4.997 km NNW of Hirara, Japan · 103 km deep
  215. 4.5202 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 33 km deep
  216. 5.0Volcano Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  217. 5.7193 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 65 km deep
  218. 4.9171 km E of Hachinohe, Japan · 32 km deep
  219. 4.8104 km SSW of Yudomari, Japan · 48 km deep
  220. 4.667 km S of Tateyama, Japan · 98 km deep
  221. 5.474 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 73 km deep
  222. 5.170 km S of Koshima, Japan · 37 km deep
  223. 5.2Bonin Islands, Japan region · 94 km deep
  224. 5.4223 km N of Hirara, Japan · 186 km deep
  225. 5.8Kuril Islands · 33 km deep
  226. 4.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 14 km deep
  227. 4.8135 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan · 54 km deep
  228. 6.0118 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  229. 4.552 km SSW of Kushiro, Japan · 65 km deep
  230. 5.058 km ESE of Yonakuni, Japan · 77 km deep
  231. 5.011 km N of Kisarazu, Japan · 64 km deep
  232. 5.1111 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 49 km deep
  233. 5.1108 km ESE of Iwaki, Japan · 52 km deep
  234. 6.0104 km S of Ishigaki, Japan · 16 km deep
  235. 5.6Izu Islands, Japan region · 20 km deep
  236. 4.979 km SSW of Yudomari, Japan · 44 km deep
  237. 5.9106 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 34 km deep
  238. 4.512 km S of Ishinomaki, Japan · 76 km deep
  239. 4.623 km ESE of Takahagi, Japan · 60 km deep
  240. 5.161 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 40 km deep
  241. 5.574 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan · 73 km deep
  242. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 465 km deep
  243. 5.3southeast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan · 33 km deep
  244. 4.8189 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 36 km deep
  245. 4.531 km SSW of Rishiri Town, Japan · 245 km deep
  246. 4.5Izu Islands, Japan region · 33 km deep
  247. 4.7Volcano Islands, Japan region · 100 km deep
  248. 5.156 km E of Iwaki, Japan · 56 km deep
  249. 5.122 km WSW of ?funato, Japan · 110 km deep
  250. 5.3211 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 62 km deep
  251. 5.7142 km NNW of Nago, Japan · 81 km deep
  252. 4.5224 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 28 km deep
  253. 4.689 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 33 km deep
  254. 6.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 498 km deep
  255. 4.972 km SE of Yonakuni, Japan · 53 km deep
  256. 5.131 km ENE of Hakodate, Japan · 93 km deep
  257. 5.02 km WNW of Sakai, Japan · 61 km deep
  258. 4.6Bonin Islands, Japan region · 452 km deep
  259. 4.960 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 33 km deep
  260. 5.064 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 20 km deep
  261. 4.656 km ESE of ?hara, Japan · 25 km deep
  262. 5.052 km SE of ?hara, Japan · 43 km deep
  263. 4.540 km ESE of Katsuura, Japan · 56 km deep
  264. 4.852 km SE of Katsuura, Japan · 47 km deep
  265. 4.7218 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 60 km deep
  266. 4.9199 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 58 km deep
  267. 4.9Bonin Islands, Japan region · 469 km deep
  268. 5.1Bonin Islands, Japan region · 478 km deep
  269. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 477 km deep
  270. 4.7217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 61 km deep
  271. 4.5213 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 46 km deep
  272. 4.5190 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 56 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1973 in Japan.

  1. 7.719 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 48 km deep
  2. 6.124 km SE of ?funato, Japan · 56 km deep
  3. 6.078 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 50 km deep
  4. 6.0118 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan · 33 km deep
  5. 6.0104 km S of Ishigaki, Japan · 16 km deep
  6. 6.0Bonin Islands, Japan region · 498 km deep
  7. 5.92 km ENE of Narut?, Japan · 62 km deep
  8. 5.9102 km E of Yamada, Japan · 23 km deep
  9. 5.9Hokkaido, Japan region · 50 km deep
  10. 5.976 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 33 km deep
  11. 5.9106 km S of Yudomari, Japan · 34 km deep
  12. 5.8122 km NW of Hirara, Japan · 141 km deep
  13. 5.899 km E of Yamada, Japan · 41 km deep
  14. 5.834 km ENE of ?arai, Japan · 46 km deep
  15. 5.897 km SSE of Nemuro, Japan · 29 km deep
  16. 5.8Kuril Islands · 33 km deep
  17. 5.8Bonin Islands, Japan region · 477 km deep
  18. 5.79 km N of Tanabe, Japan · 56 km deep
  19. 5.712 km NE of Tanabe, Japan · 51 km deep
  20. 5.7104 km ESE of Namie, Japan · 34 km deep
  21. 5.7103 km SE of Nemuro, Japan · 38 km deep
  22. 5.783 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan · 45 km deep
  23. 5.7193 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 65 km deep
  24. 5.7142 km NNW of Nago, Japan · 81 km deep
  25. 5.6196 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan · 63 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1973196.0Bonin Islands, Japan region
February 1973105.7142 km NNW of Nago, Japan
March 1973186.0118 km SSW of Ishigaki, Japan
April 1973135.8Kuril Islands
May 197395.5217 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan
June 1973847.719 km ESE of Nemuro, Japan
July 1973195.834 km ENE of ?arai, Japan
August 1973185.7104 km ESE of Namie, Japan
September 1973215.92 km ENE of Narut?, Japan
October 1973195.62 km NNE of Y?kaichiba, Japan
November 1973206.124 km SE of ?funato, Japan
December 1973225.6196 km SSE of Tateyama, Japan

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

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Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.