Minor mag. 2.7 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 80 km southeast of Sendai, Honshu-miyagi-ken, Japan, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 1:55 am (GMT +9) -
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Minor magnitude 2.7 earthquake at 45 km depth
24 May 17:02 UTC: First to report: NIED after 7 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 24, 2022 16:55:09 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 1:55 am (GMT +9) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 2.7 |
| Depth | 45.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.843°N / 141.606°E  (North Pacific Ocean, Japan) |
| Antipode | 37.843°S / 38.394°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) |
| Nearest volcano | Zao (107 km / 66 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 67 km (41 mi) NE of Namie (Futaba-gun) (pop: 21,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) SSE of Ishinomaki (pop: 117,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 70 km (43 mi) ESE of Watari (pop: 36,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) ESE of Iwanuma (pop: 42,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) SE of Schiogama (pop: 59,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (46 mi) SSE of Yamoto (Higashimatsushima) (pop: 32,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) SE of Sendai (pop: 1,063,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 294 km (183 mi) NE of Tokyo (pop: 8,336,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) SSE of Tashiro Jima Island (pop: 100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  16.4°C (61 F), humidity: 92%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from SSW |
| 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 | 45 km | Japan: E OFF FUKUSHIMA PREF | NIED |
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