Minor mag. 2.7 earthquake - Iwate, Japan, on Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 at 8:03 am (GMT +9) -
Minor magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 109 km depth
25 Jan 23:10 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 25, 2022 23:03:30 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 at 8:03 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.7 |
| Depth | 108.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 39.172°N / 140.928°E  (Ōshū-shi, Iwate, Japan) |
| Antipode | 39.172°S / 39.072°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Felt | |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Kurikoma (27 km / 17 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 62 km (38 mi) SSW of Morioka (pop: 295,200) --> See nearby quakes! 402 km (250 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) --> See nearby quakes! |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Light Snow  -7.2°C (19 F), humidity: 87%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from NNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.1 x 108 joules (197 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.169 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.7 | 109 km | Japan: SOUTHERN IWATE PREF | NIED |
User reports for this quake
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