Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - 82 km west of Noshiro, Akita, Japan, on Wednesday, June 15, 1983 at 07:28 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 33 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
Date & time | Jun 15, 1983 07:28:00 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 4.4 |
Depth | 33.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 40.459°N / 139.112°E ![]() |
Antipode | 40.459°S / 40.888°W |
Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Megata (77 km / 48 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 82 km (51 mi) WNW of Noshiro (pop: 51,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 96 km (59 mi) NW of Tennō (Katagami) (pop: 22,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) W of Hirosaki (pop: 175,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) WSW of Goshogawara (pop: 49,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) NW of Akita (pop: 320,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) W of Ōdate (pop: 64,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 143 km (89 mi) WSW of Aomori (pop: 298,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) WNW of Morioka (pop: 295,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 287 km (178 mi) NNW of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 533 km (331 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.4 | 33 km | near the west coast of Honshu, Japan | USGS |
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