Minor mag. 3.0 earthquake - 51 km southwest of Tashiro Jima Island, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 7:48 am (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 83 km depth
23 Jan 22:55 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 23, 2022 22:48:33 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, Jan 24, 2022 at 7:48 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3 |
| Depth | 83.3 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.068°N / 140.906°E  (Iwanuma-shi, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan) |
| Antipode | 38.068°S / 39.094°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Felt | |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Zao (41 km / 25 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 22 km (14 mi) S of Sendai (Miyagi) (pop: 1,063,100) --> See nearby quakes! 286 km (178 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes! |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  2.1°C (36 F), humidity: 75%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.0 | 83 km | Japan: SENDAI BAY REGION | NIED |
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