Minor mag. 2.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 49 km east of Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:39 pm (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 76 km depth
24 May 12:51 UTC: First to report: NIED after 12 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 24, 2022 12:39:32 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:39 pm (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.8 |
| Depth | 76.3 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.596°N / 141.202°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 36.596°S / 38.798°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Nasu (125 km / 78 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 45 km (28 mi) ESE of Takahagi (pop: 33,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 46 km (28 mi) ESE of Kitaibaraki (pop: 50,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (31 mi) E of Hitachi (pop: 186,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 58 km (36 mi) SSE of Iwaki (pop: 357,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 59 km (36 mi) ENE of Funaishikawa (Naka-gun) (pop: 35,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) ENE of Hitachi-Naka (pop: 156,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) ENE of Katsuta (pop: 156,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 169 km (105 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  19.1°C (66 F), humidity: 84%, wind: 7 m/s (13 kts) from SSW |
| 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 | 76 km | Japan: E OFF IBARAKI PREF | NIED |
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At magnitude 2.8, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
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