Weak mag. 2.9 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 94 km southeast of Sendai, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 2:03 am (GMT +9) -
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Weak magnitude 2.9 earthquake at 18 km depth
23 May 17:11 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 23, 2022 17:03:52 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 2:03 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.9 |
| Depth | 18.1 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.78°N / 141.737°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 37.78°S / 38.263°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Zao (120 km / 75 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 73 km (45 mi) ENE of Namie (Futaba-gun) (pop: 21,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) SSE of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (51 mi) ESE of Watari (pop: 36,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) ESE of Iwanuma (pop: 42,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) SSE of Yamoto (Higashimatsushima) (pop: 32,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SE of Schiogama (pop: 59,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (58 mi) SE of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 295 km (184 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) SSE of Tashiro Jima Island (pop: 100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  15.2°C (59 F), humidity: 84%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from WSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 109 joules (392 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 2.9 | 18 km | Japan: E OFF FUKUSHIMA PREF | NIED |
User reports for this quake
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