Weak mag. 2.8 earthquake - 18 km west of Hitoyoshi, Prefectura de Kumamoto, Japan, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 3:30 pm (GMT +9) -
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Weak magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 8 km depth
17 May 06:36 UTC: First to report: NIED after 6 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 17, 2022 06:30:01 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 3:30 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.8 |
| Depth | 7.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 32.255°N / 130.562°E  (Ashikita-gun, Prefectura de Kumamoto, Japan) |
| Antipode | 32.255°S / 49.438°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Kirishima (46 km / 29 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Minamata (Kumamoto) (pop: 29,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Hitoyoshi (Kumamoto) (pop: 38,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 22 km (13 mi) NNW of Ōkuchi-shinohara (Kagoshima) (pop: 22,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 27 km (16 mi) NE of Izumi (Kagoshima) (pop: 39,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 28 km (17 mi) S of Honmachi (Kumamoto) (pop: 104,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 44 km (27 mi) ESE of Hondomachi-hondo (Kumamoto) (pop: 40,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) SSW of Matsubase (Uki, Kumamoto) (pop: 26,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) S of Uto (Kumamoto) (pop: 39,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) S of Kumamoto (pop: 680,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 924 km (574 mi) WSW of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Few Clouds  20.9°C (70 F), humidity: 42%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1 x 109 joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.8 | 7.9 km | Japan: SOUTHERN KUMAMOTO PREF | NIED |
User reports for this quake
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