Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - 93 km northwest of Noshiro, Akita, Japan, on Friday, June 24, 1983 at 02:09 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 33 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
Date & time | Jun 24, 1983 02:09:38 UTC |
Local time at epicenter | |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 4.3 |
Depth | 33.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 40.637°N / 139.08°E ![]() |
Antipode | 40.637°S / 40.92°W |
Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
Nearest volcano | Megata (94 km / 58 mi) |
Nearby towns and cities | 93 km (58 mi) WNW of Noshiro (pop: 51,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) W of Goshogawara (pop: 49,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 118 km (73 mi) W of Hirosaki (pop: 175,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 127 km (79 mi) W of Kuroishi (pop: 38,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 131 km (82 mi) WNW of Ōdate (pop: 64,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 135 km (84 mi) NW of Akita (pop: 320,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 141 km (87 mi) W of Aomori (pop: 298,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) WNW of Morioka (pop: 295,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 329 km (205 mi) SW of Sapporo (pop: 1,883,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 553 km (344 mi) N of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Estimated seismic energy released | 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.3 | 33 km | near the west coast of Honshu, Japan | USGS |
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