Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 92 km west of Noshiro, Akita, Japan, on Sunday, June 19, 1983 at 04:35 GMT
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 31 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
Date & time | Jun 19, 1983 04:35:50 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 4.8 |
Depth | 30.9 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 40.03°N / 138.968°E ![]() |
Antipode | 40.03°S / 41.032°W |
Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Megata (66 km / 41 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 86 km (54 mi) W of Tennō (Katagami) (pop: 22,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) WSW of Noshiro (pop: 51,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 104 km (65 mi) WNW of Akita (pop: 320,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) WSW of Hirosaki (pop: 175,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) NNW of Sakata (pop: 100,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 163 km (101 mi) NNW of Tsuruoka (pop: 99,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 173 km (108 mi) WSW of Aomori (pop: 298,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 190 km (118 mi) W of Morioka (pop: 295,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 256 km (159 mi) NW of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 487 km (303 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.8 | 31 km | eastern Sea of Japan | USGS |
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