Minor mag. 2.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 49 km east of Ishinomaki, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 3:48 pm (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 55 km depth
17 May 06:55 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 17, 2022 06:48:21 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 3:48 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.8 |
| Depth | 55.3 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.252°N / 141.816°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 38.252°S / 38.184°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Narugo (108 km / 67 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 49 km (30 mi) ESE of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) ESE of Yamoto (Higashimatsushima) (pop: 32,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) E of Schiogama (pop: 59,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) E of Rifu (pop: 35,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (51 mi) E of Tomiya (pop: 42,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) E of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) ESE of Furukawa (pop: 76,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) ENE of Iwanuma (pop: 42,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SE of Ichinoseki (pop: 63,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 342 km (212 mi) NNE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) E of Tashiro Jima Island (pop: 100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  12.5°C (54 F), humidity: 98%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from ENE |
| 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 | 55 km | Japan: E OFF MIYAGI PREF | NIED |
User reports for this quake
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