Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - 48 km west of Akita, Japan, on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 14:52 GMT
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Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 194 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 24, 1983 14:52:33 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5.1 |
| Depth | 193.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 39.663°N / 139.556°E  (Japan Sea, Japan) |
| Antipode | 39.663°S / 40.444°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Megata (35 km / 22 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 44 km (27 mi) SW of Tennō (Katagami) (pop: 22,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 48 km (30 mi) W of Akita (pop: 320,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) SSW of Noshiro (pop: 51,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) NNW of Yuza (pop: 17,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) WNW of Ōmagari (pop: 38,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) NNW of Sakata (pop: 100,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (58 mi) WNW of Yokote (pop: 39,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) NW of Yuzawa (pop: 33,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 192 km (119 mi) NW of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 442 km (275 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.1 | 194 km | near the west coast of Honshu, Japan | USGS |
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